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Added note to manual explaining that operands cannot contain spaces
author | lost@l-w.ca |
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date | Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:04:12 -0600 |
parents | b2e007c28b8f |
children | a9521955554f |
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--- a/doc/manual.docbook.sgml Sun Sep 19 10:41:17 2010 -0600 +++ b/doc/manual.docbook.sgml Sun Sep 19 12:04:12 2010 -0600 @@ -405,6 +405,13 @@ If applicable, the operand follows separated by whitespace. Following the opcode and operand is an optional comment. </para> + +<para> It is important to note that operands cannot contain any whitespace +except in the case of delimited strings. This is because the first +whitespace character will be interpreted as the separator between the +operand column and the comment. This behaviour is required for approximate +source compatibility with other 6x09 assemblers. </para> + <para> A comment can also be introduced with a * or a ;. The comment character is optional for end of statement comments. However, if a symbol is the only