It would be sensible for EQUed symbols to assume all the attributes of the "target" unless overridden. But that's not what our forefathers did, and it's not likely to change. I suppose you could write a macro... MACRO &name $EQU &X &name EQU &X,L'&X,T'&X MEND
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Tony Harminc <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 November 2016 at 07:48, Thomas David Rivers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > - For an EQU instruction, the Addr2 field contains the length > assigned. > > So it seems it indicates the length explicitly assigned, if any, but > not the length of the EQUated-to item. Which is consistent with the > behaviour that a symbol EQUated without a length has an implied length > of 1, presumably for consistency with ancient practice. > > Maybe there's a call for a new option to allow EQU to take the length > by default from the expression on the right. But this would probably > break some (probably not much) existing code. > > Tony H. > -- sas
