Assembler syntax error: ! inc LongVariable

[Wayne Diamond]

'testinc.bas for PBDOS

$COMPILE EXE
 
DIM CurPos AS LONG
CurPos = 1
! inc CurPos

PBDOS Compiler result:
D:\PBDOS\TESTINC.BAS(5): Error 497: Assembler syntax error
! inc CurPos

What am I doing wrong? that works in PBDLL and PBCC
"INCR CurPos" compiles fine so it's not stopping me from doing anything, I just thought it was strange


[This message has been edited by Wayne Diamond (edited September 16, 2001).]

[Bob Zale]

You're not doing anything wrong, Wayne. PowerBASIC/Dos is a 16-bit compiler, which supports CPU's as far back as the 8088. INC "long int" is a 32-bit opcode, supported only on later CPU's. PB/Dos only supports 16-bit assembler opcodes, unless you manually add the size override opcodes.

Regards,

Bob Zale
PowerBASIC Inc.


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[Wayne Diamond]

sorry Bob I often forget thinking back to 16-bit world *duh* -- I changed LONG to INTEGER and it compiled beautifully
Thanks!


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