FIX: Code Segment Defined within a Procedure

Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
Article ID: Q26830

5.00 5.00a 5.10 5.10a MS-DOS kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, and 5.1a

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) versions 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, and 5.1a assembles the following invalid sample code without genering any error messages:

   myproc proc far
   code segment
   ret
   code ends
   myproc endp
   end

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1a. This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.

Additional reference words: 5.00 5.00a 5.10 5.10a buglist5.00 buglist5.00a
buglist5.10 buglist5.10a fixlist6.00
KBCategory: kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist
KBSubCategory: MLIss
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
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