Microsoft KB Archive/26800

= FIX: No Error Generated by MASM 5.0 for Equates Made Public =

Article ID: 26800

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q26800



SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Macro Assembler version 5.0 will allow an equate to be made public.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.00. This problem was corrected in MASM version 5.10.



MORE INFORMATION
The error generated by MASM 5.1 for the sample code below is:

A2014: Illegal public declaration

MASM 5.0 incorrectly generates no errors.

Sample Code:
;Assemble options: none

PUBLIC i i     equ

end

Additional query words: 5.00 buglist5.00 fixlist5.10

Keywords: kbfix KB26800

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