Re: [Nasm-devel] Replace %00 with %: ?

[H. P. A. <hp...@zy...>]

On 10/04/2010 05:56 PM, Frank Kotler wrote:
> 
> I didn't say I knew how to use it! :)
> 
> Seriously, the only thing I've ever used "%00" for is trying to get Nasm
> to assemble Masm/Tasm code. We can make:
> 
> code SEGMENT
> 
> into:
> 
> section code
> 
> (Nasm warns about redefining "segment", but it works)
> 
> Curiously, the other suggested abandoned feature is used for the same
> thing!
> 
> %idefine offset
> %idefine ptr &
> 
> This cruft doesn't work very well, or only on a very limited subset of
> Masm/Tasm code, but it's the only example I know.
> 
> Anyway, here's a first draft of some documentation for "%00". If we
> change it to "%:", the way the documentation is laid out, it's going to
> look like "%::" - we get our confusion back! :)
> 
> Do we need to say more? Do we need an example? Maybe this is "done"...
> 

Yeah, I think %00 is good enough, and it's backwards-compatible...

	-hpa

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