.TYPE Operator Has New Bit Settings (32836)

SUMMARY

In versions of the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) earlier than 5.1, the .TYPE operator only uses bits 0, 1, 5, and 7. With MASM version 5.1, the use of bits 2, 3 and 4 has been added.

The following is a chart of bit assignments taken from page Update-29 of "Microsoft Macro Assembler Version 5.1 Update, Microsoft CodeView and Utilities Update, Microsoft Editor" manual:

   Bit Position    If Bit=0                If Bit=1

   0               Not program related     Program related
   1               Not data related        Data related
   2               Not a constant value    Constant value
   3               Addressing mode is not  Addressing mode is direct
                       direct
   4               Not a register          Expression is a register
   5               Not defined             Defined
   7               Local or public scope   External scope