In a dsect I would just define it as Acon with comment that it is really a
Vcon



On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 18:06 Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know there is a best way. Anything that assembles clean and
> expresses your intent. I have used DUMMYADR EQU 1 as a dummy value where
> some address was needed. X'DEADBEEF' and similar values might be more
> recognizable in a dump. Not sure anything that is not a valid symbol will
> work in a VCON. V(FOO) is after all somewhat equivalent to EXTRN FOO.
>
> Charles
>
>
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>
> What is the best way to represent a VCON in a DSECT? A DS V  requires some
> value:
>
> TEST            DSECT
> TESTVCON     DS 1VL4(DUMMY)
>
> or
>
> TESTVCON     DS 1AL4(*-*)
>
> [TESTVCON     DS 1VL4(*-*)  generates assembler error message]
>
> Either way you get the 4-byte placeholder, but is there a preferred way
> (or other way) of doing this?
>
> Thank you.
>

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