What's happening here?

[Jimg]

I've spent over an hour trying to figure out what's happen here.  I'm sure is a really stupid simple mistake, but I just can't see it.

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.nolist
include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc
.listall

.data
.code
program:

    xor eax,eax
    jnz @f
    inkey
@@:   
    exit
end program

gives error--

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K:\tst3 \masm32\BIN\ML /c /coff /Cp /nologo /Fm /Zi /Zd /I"\masm32\INCLUDE" tst.
asm
Assembling: tst.asm
tst.asm(10) : error A2006: undefined symbol : @@


Works fine without the /Zi /Zd debug switches.

So what the heck am I doing wrong here?  I swear it's worked in the past.

[Tedd]

You're not doing anything wrong, it's a stupid masm bug :wink

It's because the label appears immediately after a macro call.
I can't actually test right now, but try adding a space before the "@@:", or insert a blank line before it, failing that insert a comment.

[Jimg]

I just tried this with the same result-

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    xor eax,eax
    jnz @f
;x
    inkey
;y

; this is a test

mov eax,1

@@:

   
    exit


everything works fine if I use actual labels rather then the @@ type labels.

[MichaelW]

The problem appears to be /Zi or /Zd in combination with a macro that changes to the data section (reparg in this case). YAMB

[Sarel]

I copied and pasted it in qeditor. It assembles and links just fine.

Sometimes when I copy and paste some portions, the same problem happens. Then I need to comment those parts and retype them again. I hope this helps.

[Jimg]

Absolute correct Michael, and it doesn't even need a macro-

I just tried this with the exact same results:

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program:
  xor eax,eax
  jnz @f
.data
  abcd dd 1
.code     
@@:   
    ret
end program