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Q123661: BUG: No Error or Code for Multiple END Statements

Article: Q123661
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 6.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 6.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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The assembler issues no errors for the following sample code, which contains
more than one END statement:

     .model small
     .code

     RET

     END

     RET

     END

No code is generated for the RET after the first end.

RESOLUTION
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Remove any code that appears after the first END statement.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 6.11 buglist6.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM611
Version           : :6.11

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