Re: [Nasm-devel] Override extern with global for header files

[anonymous c. <nas...@us...>]

>> You mean like MASM's EXTERNDEF?
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/91sxd44w.aspx
>
> To make it clear, here is an example:
>
> myfunc.inc:
>
> %define MY_FUNC_FLAG_A     0x0001
> %define MY_FUNC_FLAG_B     0x0002
> [...]
>
> ; myfunc(param1, param2) : result
> ; this function does something and returns a value of it
> [extern myfunc]
>
>
> myfunc.asm:
> %include 'include/myfunc.inc'
> [global myfunc]
>
> section .code
>
> myfunc:
>      push ebp
>      mov ebp, esp
>      mov eax, [ebp+0x08]
>      test eax, MY_FUNC_FLAG_A
>      jnz .flagA
> [...]
>
>
> otherfile.asm
> %include 'include/myfunc.inc'
>
> section .code
>
>    push 0
>    push MY_FUNC_FLAG_A
>    call myfunc

Yup, that's the EXTERNDEF behavior.

You should called it that.