Re: [cc65] ca65: .sizeof() doesn't return correct values?

From: Stefan Wessels <swessels1email.com>
Date: 2011-05-08 18:55:26
Hi,

On 2011-05-08, at 8:56 AM, Yutaka Amanai wrote:

> 2011/05/09 0:31 Groepaz wrote:
>> On Sonntag 08 Mai 2011, you wrote:
>>> According to this listing, .sizeof(FOO)=2 and .sizeof(BAR)=0. And, if
>>> you uncomment the line "lda BAZ,x", ca65 causes an error: "Size of `BAZ'
>>> is unknown". Is this intended behavior? Or am I making a wrong use of
>>> .sizeof() ?
>> 
>> what exactly do you expect the size of a label to be? IMHO the (correct)
>> result is always 2, for c64 at least :)
> 
> I always expect 2 (about FOO, BAR, and BAZ). I understand that .sizeof()
> should be independent of newlines.
> 

The documentation for .sizeof says newlines do matter:
"...this is the size of the data declared on the same source line as the label"

I think what you want is simply: lda     #BAR-FOO

Stefan

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