dasm-assembler / dasm-assembler/dasm

Macro parameters ignore conditionals

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Description

The following code does not assemble:

CHECK = 0

  MAC TEST
      .byte {1}
    IF CHECK > 0
      .byte {2}
    ENDIF
  ENDM

  ORG $f000

  TEST 1
testmac.asm (12): error: Not enough args passed to Macro.

Unrecoverable error(s) in pass, aborting assembly!
Complete.

It seems like the CHECK condition is not evaluated before checking the number of parameters required by the macro.

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No source file or test is named in the report. Reproduce the example in a small assembly test, then trace macro argument-count validation alongside conditional evaluation; done means the shown TEST 1 assembles successfully when CHECK is 0.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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