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.model small
m1 macro text
db text,0
endm
.data
db "abc \; def",0 ;sequence '\;' is no problem in a quoted string
;--- this isn't supposed to work
; db "abc \
; def"
;--- this works with Masm only
if 0
m1 "abc \
def"
endif
;--- a semi-colon alone is no problem
m1 "abc ; def"
;--- a backslash alone is also no problem
m1 "abc \ def"
;--- sequence of backslash and semi-colon is a problem.
;--- it's accepted if the semi-colon is preceded by a '!', but
;--- the '!' will become part of the string then.
m1 "abc \!; def"
;--- this won't be accepted by either Masm or JWasm v2.05+
;--- it is accepted by JWasm v2.04 and below.
; m1 "abc \; def"
end