A251 User's Guide

EXTERN Assembler Statement

Arguments

EXTERN class:type (symbol <[>, symbol ...<]>)

Description

The EXTERN statement (which may appear anywhere in the assembler source file) specifies symbols that the current source file uses but which are defined in other object modules. The module where the symbols are defined must export them using a PUBLIC statement. The EXTERN statement specifies the symbol, its memory class, and its data type.

Valid classes are:

class	Description
BIT	A symbol located in BIT memory space.
CODE	A symbol located in CODE space.
CONST	A symbol located in CONST memory.
DATA	A symbol located in DATA space.
EBIT	A symbol located in the EBIT memory space.
ECONST	A symbol located in ECONST memory.
EDATA	A symbol located in EDATA memory.
ECODE	A symbol located in ECODE memory.
HDATA	A symbol located in the HDATA memory space.
HCONST	A symbol located in HCONST memory.
IDATA	A symbol located in IDATA memory.
XDATA	A symbol located in XDATA memory.
NUMBER	A symbol located in any memory space.

Following is a list of valid types:

type	Description
BYTE	A byte variable.
DWORD	A double-word variable.
FAR	A far label.
NEAR	A near label.
WORD	A word variable.

The linker resolves all external symbols and verifies that the classes and types match. Symbols whose class is NUMBER match any memory class.

Note

This directive is available in the AX51 Assembler only.

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EXTERN Assembler Statement

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