MASM Macro Directives in Inline Assembly
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The inline assembler is not a macro assembler. You cannot use MASM macro directives (MACRO, REPT, IRC, IRP, and ENDM) or macro operators (<>, !, &, %, and .TYPE). An __asm block can use C preprocessor directives, however. See Using C or C++ in __asm Blocks for more information.
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