Q34371: STOS Instruction Must Have String Pointed to ES:DI

Article: Q34371
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 12-JAN-1989

The STOS instruction must have the string pointed to by ES:DI. The
following command will not generate a warning that an attempt to
override the DI register was made even though it will continue to
expect the string to be pointed to by ES:DI:

   STOS  WORD PTR ES:[SI]