DOS ain't dead - NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor

NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor (Announce)

posted by ecm , Düsseldorf, Germany, 20.04.2012, 04:26

> cm, I bring this up for your benefit (though I'd be surprised if you
> didn't already know).

Oh hey. Actually I didn't, I've not kept up with the net for the last few weeks. Randomly checked the forum for something else. So thanks!

> In particular, they seem to have "reverted" to the 2.09 preprocessor (eh?)
> at the last minute and will have to work on the "newer" (?) one for later.

Good to hear, I suppose. The revised preprocessor (introduced in 2.10rc3 or so) broke basically all my sources at first, and primarily due to bugs (not incompatible new features). Prepared some patches way back (early 2011?), and while I got it to work well I never got around to suggest them to the NASM team. Alas, their work on the revised preprocessor in later RCs did address some or all of the problems as far as I remember.

> Also, I have no idea why this release took so long to happen or why it went
> through so many release candidates, but at least it's finally out.

I guess it had to do with wanting to push the revised preprocessor.

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Complete thread:

NASM 2.10 - Rugxulo, 27.03.2012, 00:39
- NASM 2.10 - Rugxulo, 27.03.2012, 00:42
  - NASM 2.10 - marcov, 27.03.2012, 13:07
  - NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - ecm, 20.04.2012, 04:26
    - NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - RayeR, 02.05.2012, 22:06
      - NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - ecm, 02.05.2012, 22:16
        NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - RayeR, 02.05.2012, 22:43
        NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - ecm, 02.05.2012, 22:48
        NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - RayeR, 03.05.2012, 00:04
        NASM 2.10 uses "- Ox" by default - Rugxulo, 03.05.2012, 02:25
        NASM 2.10 uses "-Ox" by default - ecm, 03.05.2012, 02:37
        NASM 2.10 uses "-Ox" by default - Rugxulo, 03.05.2012, 08:18
        NASM 2.10 uses "-Ox" by default - ecm, 03.05.2012, 23:00
        NASM 2.10.01 - Rugxulo, 16.06.2012, 00:24
        NASM 2.10 - revised preprocessor - ecm, 03.05.2012, 02:26