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Jonathan Gallagher
Jonathan Gallagher

Reputation: 2245

Removing directives from x86

I am wondering if there is a way to remove directives from x86 assembly. For example, .macro and .rept are things that I would want to expand.

Also, are there any references or could someone say when directives are evaluated; e.g. at load time? Do any directives, such as .word, have meaning at runtime?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 113

Answers (1)

Carl Norum
Carl Norum

Reputation: 225052

I'm not really sure what you're after in the first part of your question. You could simply assemble the program and then view the output with a disassembler; that would cause everything to be expanded.

As to your second question, all directives are handled by the assembler. None have any runtime meaning. In fact, they don't exist at all by that point.

Upvotes: 1

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