%exitrep - bug or guaranteed feature?

[gammac]

Is this behaviour a guaranteed feature?

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%rep 999
%exitrep
%warning %exitrep don't exits immediately
%endrep


[Rob Neff]

What nasm versions have you tested this against?
I know that this "feature" existed in older versions since I had to code around it.
I never re-checked to see if it was resolved in the latest release.

[gammac]

The newest version for windows.

>nasm -v
NASM version 2.11.06 compiled on Oct 20 2014

[Rob Neff]

hmmm.. guess not.
What I had to do to work around the issue was:

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%assign %%count 999
%rep %%count
    %if %%count < 990
%exitrep
    %else
        do stuff
    %endif
    %assign %%count %%count - 1
%endrep

Not elegant but works.  Perhaps we can get a nasm dev to comment regarding this "feature".

edit: here is another post regarding the issue.

[gammac]

Hi Rob,

thanks but I would put the increment %assign into the %else block.

That post is nearly 2 years old and the bug ist still there. It seems to be a feature.