[nasm:nasm-2.15.xx] doc: slight cleanup of MASM compatibility package information
nasm-bot for H. Peter Anvin (Intel)
hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jun 30 17:03:14 PDT 2020
Commit-ID: 4ddeb70428842a21c2f7628714df22c94e5acf17
Gitweb: http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commitdiff;h=4ddeb70428842a21c2f7628714df22c94e5acf17
Author: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa at zytor.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:37:29 -0700
Committer: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa at zytor.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:37:29 -0700
doc: slight cleanup of MASM compatibility package information
Note that the extended DB syntax is also available, regardless of if
%use masm is used or not.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa at zytor.com>
---
doc/nasmdoc.src | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src
index b3874544..00b8c3ae 100644
--- a/doc/nasmdoc.src
+++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ valid:
\c db 33
\c db (44) ; Integer expression
-\c ; db (44,55) ; Invalid - error
+\c ; db (44,55) ; Invalid - error
\c db %(44,55)
\c db %('XX','YY')
\c db ('AA') ; Integer expression - outputs single byte
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ if the argument is never used. For example:
A single pair of parentheses is a subcase of a single, unused argument:
\c %define myreg() eax
-\c mov edx,myreg()
+\c mov edx,myreg()
This is similar to the behavior of the C preprocessor.
@@ -4649,13 +4649,17 @@ functionality, as intended to be used primarily with machine-generated code.
It does not include any "programmer-friendly" shortcuts, nor does it in any way
support ASSUME, symbol typing, or MASM-style structures.
-Currently, the MASM compatibility package emulates only the PTR keyword and
-recognize syntax displacement[index] for memory operations.
-
+Currently, the MASM compatibility package emulates only the PTR
+keyword and recognize syntax displacement[index] for memory
+operations.
To enable the package, use the directive:
\c{%use masm}
+In addition, NASM now natively supports the MASM \c{?} and
+\c{DUP} syntax for the \c{DB} etc data declaration directives,
+regardless of if this package is included or not. See \k{db}.
+
\C{directive} \i{Assembler Directives}
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