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- Subject: RE: dream extensions for MACRO-32
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.103141.839@cmkrnl.com>
- From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
- Date: 6 Nov 92 10:31:40 PST
- References: <9211041447.AA27426@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>
- Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA
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- In article <9211041447.AA27426@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>, brydon@dsn.sinet.slb.com writes:
- > I would also like to see DEC consider addition of the concept of a DSECT, as
- > implemented in other assembler languages. This is a data structure that
- > doesn't create any storage, just defines a family off offsets, like a struct
- > in C.
-
- Fixed in a previous release. :-) See the $DEFINI, $DEF, $EQU, $DEFEND, $VIELD,
- and _VIELD macros. These use a .psect with the ABS attribute. They're
- documented in the _Device Support_ manuals but usable in any Macro code, not
- just device drivers.
-
- --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
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