Q26800: FIX: No Error Generated by MASM 5.0 for Equates Made Public

Article: Q26800
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 06-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Microsoft Macro Assembler version 5.0 will allow an equate to be made
public.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.00. This problem
was corrected in MASM version 5.10.

MORE INFORMATION
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The error generated by MASM 5.1 for the sample code below is:

  A2014: Illegal public declaration

MASM 5.0 incorrectly generates no errors.

Sample Code:
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  ;Assemble options: none

  PUBLIC i
  i      equ <text>

  end

Additional query words: 5.00 buglist5.00 fixlist5.10

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM500
Version           : :5.0
Solution Type     : kbfix

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