MASM bugs

[jj2007]

Five years ago we had a thread named List of known MASM bugs, with somewhat unsatisfactory results. Now I found (in the context of a Soap Box thread ::)) this Masm bugs fixed in JWasm table. A must read :t

P.S.: "-" in the Fixed Masm Version column means "has never been fixed".

[Gunther]

Jochen,

thank for this reminiscence. To read this list is very instructive.  :t

Gunther

[jj2007]

This chokes with error A2006: undefined symbol : @@ in Masm 6.14 and 6.15 but only if either /Zd or /Zi are used in the commandline:

include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc

.code
start:
      print "Testing the Zi option:"
      mov ebx, -3
@@:   mov ecx, 123
      test ecx, ecx
      je @F
      mov eax, reparg("Hello")
      inc ebx
      jne @B
@@:   inkey "bye"
      exit
end start

MASM 8+ and JWasm are OK.

[dedndave]

did you try

Code Select Expand

@@:
      inkey "bye"
      exit

i know there have been problems expanding macros on the same line as a label

[jj2007]

Same behaviour, Dave.

The problems with expansion concern only macros which return something, which is not the case for inkey.

[hutch--]

 

Who said MASM has bugs, those of greater tolerance see it as a set of characteristics that you get used to.  :P

[Magnum]

Who said MASM has bugs, those of greater tolerance see it as a set of characteristics that you get used to.  :P

Writing an assembler is probably not easy.

I feel sorry for perfectionists.

Andy

[dedndave]

we can add the MASM32 favicon and some nifty code on the back, and i think we have our t-shirt...

[hutch--]

 

Yes, this is definitely the right idea.  :P

[Magnum]

Cool, I will buy one when they are ready.

Andy

[Gunther]

Dave,

nice idea, but unfortunately not new.  :lol:

Gunther

[dedndave]

well - not fond of the color selection or font - but the message is good   

some kind of graphic would be decent
once you have the silkscreen(s) made, the cost is the same for the same color quantity



i like the way he is dragging a 3/4" wrench - lol

[Magnum]

I don't understand the "low rez mesh" text ?

Are you referring to the shirt color - as in white is a bee-otch to keep clean ?

Looks kinda like a wood roach.

Andy

[dedndave]

it's a low-res mesh image
i didn't make the cockroach - i googled and found one already made, and it had the text

[InfiniteLoop]

Found a bug in VS2019 using Clang:

vpbroadcastd ymm0, eax

No error but it crashes.