Inline Assember Labels

[TheInsider]

Hello,

I'm not sure if this is a C++ or TASM question so I posted it in both forums... I just downloaded a copy of Borland C++ 1.01 from the Borland Museum. Great compiler, but when I use the ASM{} directive to define Assembly code, I get "Error: Undefined label 'label1' in function clear_screen" if I try to define a label!

int clear_screen(void){
    asm{
        mov ax, 0A000h
        mov es, ax

        mov di, 00h

        label1:

            mov es:[di], 00h

            inc di

            cmp di, 0FA00h
            jl label1
    }

    return(0);
}

I've also tried _label1: and just _label1 with no ":". No matter what it completely ignores my label definition line. What is the correct syntax?... in pure assembly the above should work -- at least in MASM and Arrowsoft Assembler. (I haven't used TASM in 5 or 6 years)

Thank you in advance,

Rob

 

[lionelhill]

Try using something starting in @. I can't really remember, but Borland pascals of that era I think insisted on it in their inline assembler. Just possible other Borland products did the same.

 

[TheInsider]

Thank you for the reply. I forgot to mention in the post above that unfortunately I tried @ and @@ already and it complained about those as well.

 

[TheInsider]

OK, I think I found the only solution to this problem:

asm {
...
}
label1:;
asm{
...
}

It's kind of sad that I have to exit the ASM block completely to define a label, but it seems to work.