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#INCBIN not working in 1.4 and 1.3 - programandala.net - 2014-05-14

Hi all,

I'm back with some ZX BASIC projects.

The Z80 #INCBIN doesn't work for me. I never tried it before, but I think it's implemented (it's mentioned in the Syntax page of the wiki, and in a post by Boriel about graphics (2011)).

Code:
asm
#incbin "file.bin"
end asm

I use 1.4, but a symbolic link lets me switch to 1.3. Both versions show the same error: "invalid directive #incbin".

Is it a bug?

Thank you.

Re: #INCBIN not working in 1.4 and 1.3 - boriel - 2014-06-01

Preprocessor directives start with # symbol. Incbin is not a preprocessor directive, but an assembler one. So don't use the # prefix. Example:
Code:
asm
    incbin "file.bin"
    end asm


Re: #INCBIN not working in 1.4 and 1.3 - programandala.net - 2014-06-01

boriel Wrote:Preprocessor directives start with # symbol. Incbin is not a preprocessor directive, but an assembler one. So don't use the # prefix.

I'll try it. Thank you. I'm afraid I'm a victim of "counterdocumentation"... Smile Both links I've showed above (the current wiki and a post of yours) say "#incbin". Maybe the syntax changed some time ago?

Re: #INCBIN not working in 1.4 and 1.3 - boriel - 2014-06-07

programandala.net Wrote:
boriel Wrote:Preprocessor directives start with # symbol. Incbin is not a preprocessor directive, but an assembler one. So don't use the # prefix.

I'll try it. Thank you. I'm afraid I'm a victim of "counterdocumentation"... Smile Both links I've showed above (the current wiki and a post of yours) say "#incbin". Maybe the syntax changed some time ago?
You are right!! Sad
It's a documentation mistake! INCBIN is an ASM directive (like DEFB)