Re: Problem with Function Call with NASM

ArarghMail807NOSPAM wrote:

Do you know how I can receive better error reporting advice from
NASM? I would have expected a warning.
No. I would have, also. Maybe NASM keeps them in different
namespaces.


It sort of does (except for labels without preceeding colon), mainly to avoid the constant breakage when new instructions are added, especially common words like "pause".

If you are *deliberately* using a keyword as a label, you should prefix it with a $ sign.

-hpa

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