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diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src index 2e0850a..d516e18 100644 --- a/doc/nasmdoc.src +++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src @@ -2815,26 +2815,48 @@ described in \k{directive}. The rest of the standard macro set is described here. -\S{stdmacver} \i\c{__NASM_MAJOR__}, \i\c{__NASM_MINOR__} and -\i\c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__}: \i{NASM Version} +\S{stdmacver} \i\c{__NASM_MAJOR__}, \i\c{__NASM_MINOR__}, +\i\c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__} and \i\c{___NASM_PATCHLEVEL__}: \i{NASM Version} -The single-line macros \c{__NASM_MAJOR__}, \c{__NASM_MINOR__} and -\c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__} expand to the major, minor and subminor parts of -the \i{version number of NASM} being used. So, under NASM 0.98.31 for +The single-line macros \c{__NASM_MAJOR__}, \c{__NASM_MINOR__}, +\c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__} and \c{___NASM_PATCHLEVEL__} expand to the +major, minor, subminor and patch level parts of the \i{version +number of NASM} being used. So, under NASM 0.98.32p1 for example, \c{__NASM_MAJOR__} would be defined to be 0, \c{__NASM_MINOR__} -would be defined as 98 and \c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__} would be defined to 31. +would be defined as 98, \c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__} would be defined to 32, +and \c{___NASM_PATCHLEVEL__} would be defined as 1. + + +\S{stdmacverid} \i\c{__NASM_VERSION_ID__}: \i{NASM Version ID} + +The single-line macro \c{__NASM_VERSION_ID__} expands to a dword integer +representing the full version number of the version of nasm being used. +The value is the equivalent to \c{__NASM_MAJOR__}, \c{__NASM_MINOR__}, +\c{__NASM_SUBMINOR__} and \c{___NASM_PATCHLEVEL__} concatenated to +produce a single doubleword. Hence, for 0.98.32p1, the returned number +would be equivalent to: + +\c dd 0x00622001 + +or + +\c db 1,32,98,0 + +Note that the above lines are generate exactly the same code, the second +line is used just to give an indication of the order that the separate +values will be present in memory. \S{stdmacverstr} \i\c{__NASM_VER__}: \i{NASM Version string} The single-line macro \c{__NASM_VER__} expands to a string which defines -the version number of nasm being used. So, under NASM 0.98.31 for example, +the version number of nasm being used. So, under NASM 0.98.32 for example, \c db __NASM_VER__ would expand to -\c db "0.98.31" +\c db "0.98.32" \S{fileline} \i\c{__FILE__} and \i\c{__LINE__}: File Name and Line Number |