Microsoft KB Archive/30412

= FIX: Omitting Range Keyword After LABEL Directive Causes Error =

Article ID: 30412

Article Last Modified on 10/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q30412



SYMPTOMS
When a LABEL directive is used without a type specifier, it will cause the error:

error A2003: Unknown type specifier

This error will correctly occur if the LABEL directive is the first statement in the segment. However, if you also have executable statements prior to the LABEL directive in the code segment, error messages, such as:

error A2009: Symbol not defined: AX

error A2006: Phase error between passes

will incorrectly occur on every statement.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.1. This problem was corrected in MASM 5.1a.



MORE INFORMATION
The following program demonstrates the problem. The &quot;mov ax, 1&quot; statement will incorrectly generate the error message:

error A2009: Symbol not defined: AX

The statement &quot;pt1 LABEL&quot; will generate an:

error A2003: Unknown type specifier

as expected.

Sample Code
; Assemble options needed: none

.MODEL small .CODE main PROC mov ax, 1 pt1 LABEL  ; This line is incorrect and should generate an error main ENDP END main

Additional query words: 5.10 5.10a 6.00 buglist5.10 fixlist5.10a

Keywords: kbfix KB30412

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