Re: programming: how to EQUate a semicolon ?

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.