FIX: STRUC Defined Structures Cannot Be Nested

Last reviewed: September 11, 1997
Article ID: Q67787

5.10 5.10a | 5.10 5.10a

MS-DOS     | OS/2

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS and OS/2, versions 5.1 and 5.1a

SYMPTOMS

The STRUC command in the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) versions 5.1 and 5.1a does not allow the definition of nested structures. The sample code below shows a nested structure definition that gives the following error:

   A2078: Directive illegal in structure

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM versions 5.1 and 5.10a. This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.

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Sample Code

; Assemble options needed: none

   .MODEL SMALL
   .DATA

s1 STRUC

   f1 db ?
   f2 db ?

s1 ENDS

s2 STRUC

   f3 db ?
   s3 s1 <>

s2 ENDS

END

Additional reference words: 5.10 5.10a buglist5.10 buglist5.10a fixlist6.00
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Last reviewed: September 11, 1997
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