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Subject: Re: Something weird with Merlin 8 (2.48 for DOS 3.3/2.58 for =?UTF-8?B?UHJvRE9TKT8=?=
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Marco Verpelli wrote:
> It seems to me that this is the case in the manual on page 87.
> 
> NOTE: The assembler will not permit an EQUate to a zero page number after
> the label equated has been used, since bad code could result from such a
> situation . Also see the section on Variables.
> 
> (1) For Example:
> 
> 1 LABEL LDA #LEN
> 2 LABEL DFB $00
> 3 DFB $01
> 4 LEN EQU * - LABEL
> 
> When assembled, this will give an "ILLEGAL FORWARD REFERENCE IN LINE 4"
> ERROR message. The solution is as follows:
> 
> 1 LDA #END - LABEL
> 2 LABEL DFB $00
> 3 DFB $01
> 4 END
> 
> Marco
>
Thank you Marco, that is exactly that. Shame on I. I should have read the
"not fucking manual" this time too.
Benoît



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