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authorFrank Kotler <fbkotler@users.sourceforge.net>2004-12-31 03:38:32 +0000
committerFrank Kotler <fbkotler@users.sourceforge.net>2004-12-31 03:38:32 +0000
commitc0e34d4f81b4e037ca80b239892e5f5b1bd9d5ab (patch)
tree0e8a9c5f4309a11ffc89dcd10b8a1758f4c15017
parent07d455120f1b26c02d6b9026956178796206fd09 (diff)
downloadnasm-c0e34d4f81b4e037ca80b239892e5f5b1bd9d5ab.tar.gz
Document maximum identifier length
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diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src
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--- a/doc/nasmdoc.src
+++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src
@@ -1059,7 +1059,8 @@ An identifier may also be prefixed with a \I{$, prefix}\c{$} to
indicate that it is intended to be read as an identifier and not a
reserved word; thus, if some other module you are linking with
defines a symbol called \c{eax}, you can refer to \c{$eax} in NASM
-code to distinguish the symbol from the register.
+code to distinguish the symbol from the register. Maximum length of
+an identifier is 4095 characters.
The instruction field may contain any machine instruction: Pentium
and P6 instructions, FPU instructions, MMX instructions and even