XPost: alt.windows7.general, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32   
   From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:13:22 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Hello all,   
   >   
   > Using Borlands Tasm32 v5.0 I've got the next code (example) :   
   >   
   > foo EQU call bar   
   >   
   > and use it like this:   
   >   
   > foo,1234   
   >   
   > Now I want to suppress the calling of "bar", and thought about just changing   
   > the "foo" equate with a semi-colon (imagine many calls to "bar" which   
   > disappear as a result of a single change).  The end result would than look   
   > like this :   
   >   
   > foo EQU ;   
   >   
   > ;,1234   
   >   
   > (after being resolved)   
   >   
   > The problem is that I can't seem to find a way to EQUate a semicolon (as its   
   > regarded to be the start of a comment).  :-(   
   >   
   > Does anyone know how its supposed to be done ?   
   >   
   > Remarks:   
   >   
   > Borlands Tasm32 doesn't have a pre-processor.   
   >   
   > I already found a solution using an empty macro, but would like to know if   
   > it can be done with an EQUate too (just like the other one. it looks   
   > better/cleaner to me).   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
      
   `EQU` is for defining a constant. It can't work like a macro.   
      
   In term of value/data, `;` is valid only as a character/string. So you're   
   missing something.   
      
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