labelName db 100000h dup(?)

[catm]

the fallowing code:

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....
.data?
labelName db 100000h dup(?)
....



use the masm32 ml 6.14 to compile the code,is will costs a very very long time (ml 8.0 also)

the code:
....
.data?
labelName db 20000h dup(?)

takes nearly double time of code:
...
.data?
labelName db 10000h dup(?)


the code:
...
.data?
labelName db 100000h dup(?)

not only takes 9 times more but 100+(i have no time to wait)

any buddy can tell me how to declare a buffer have  more than 100000h bytes in data or data? segment?

[hutch--]

Its a known oddity in MASM as it is rarely used. Dynamic memory allocation is a better choice in almost every instance.

[zooba]

Agree with Hutch, however IIRC you can assemble to OMF (use the /OMF assembler command) instead of COFF to get around it.

For something that big you should really just use the virtual memory functions (VirtualAlloc/Lock/Free/etc).

Cheers,

Zooba :U

[LechooY]

Randy Hyde has write on this bug in his book.  :U