Article: Q77945
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0
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Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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The Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 6.0 does not pad aligned nested
structures correctly. The list file shown below illustrates this problem.
RESOLUTION
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Manually padding the structure definition to force the nested structure to have
the correct alignment will work around this problem.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 6.0. This problem
was corrected in MASM version 6.0a.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following code can be used to demonstrate the problem.
Sample Code
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; Assemble options needed: /c /Fl
.MODEL small, C
.DATA
struct1 STRUCT 2 ; Alignment value is 2
field1 WORD ? ; Offset is 0
field2 BYTE ? ; Offset is 2
struct1 ENDS
struct2 STRUCT 2 ; Alignment value is 2
field3 BYTE ? ; Offset is 0
nested struct1 <?, ?> ; Offset is 1, should
struct2 ENDS ; be padded to 2
END
Additional query words: 6.00 buglist6.00 fixlist6.00a
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM600
Version : MS-DOS:6.0
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