-fx Atari 800 com/exe/xex output object file format.
-i\ *path* Set include-file directory search path.
-l\ *[file[prn]]* Construct and direct assembly listing to the specified file.
--l\ *\*[filename]* Create an output listing file without pagination
+-l\ *\*[filename]* Create an output listing file without pagination.
-m\ *cpu* Switch CPU type
`68000 - MC68000`
-s Warn about unoptimized long branches and applied optimisations.
-u Force referenced and undefined symbols global.
-v Verbose mode (print running dialogue).
--x Turn on debugging mode
+-x Turn on debugging mode.
-yn Set listing page size to n lines.
+-4 Use C style operator precedence.
file\ *[s]* Assemble the specified file.
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space), sets the number of lines in a page. RMAC will produce *N* lines
before emitting a form-feed. If *N* is missing or less than 10 an error message is
generated.
+**-4**
+ Use C style order of precedence in expressions. See `Order of Evaluation`_ for more
+ information.
`Using RMAC`_
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character codes. Watch out for GEMDOS path names in ASCII constants -
you will have to convert them to double-backslashes.
* Expression evaluation is done left-to-right without operator precedence. Use parentheses to
- force the expression evaluation as you wish.
+ force the expression evaluation as you wish. Alternatively, use the **-4** switch to switch
+ to C style precedence. For more information refer to `Order of Evaluation`_.
* Mark your segments across files.
Branching to a code segment that could be identified as BSS will cause a "Error: cannot initialize non-storage (BSS) section"
* In 68020+ mode **Zan** and **Zri** (register suppression) is not supported.
Thus the expression "1+2*3" evaluates to 9, not 7. However, precedence may be
forced with parenthesis (**()**) or square-brackets (**[]**).
+All the above behavior is the default. However if the command line switch **-4**
+is used, then C style of operator precedence is enforced. The following list
+shows the order of precedence in this mode, from lowest to highest:
+
+ * bitwise XOR ^
+
+ * bitwise OR |
+
+ * bitwise AND &
+
+ * relational = < <= >= > !=
+
+ * shifts << >>
+
+ * sum + -
+
+ * product * /
+
`Types`_
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Expressions belong to one of three classes: undefined, absolute or relocatable. An
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* All binary operators have the same precedence:
- expressions are evaluated strictly left to right.
+ expressions are evaluated strictly left to right,
+ with the exception of the **-4** switch. For more information
+ refer to `Order of Evaluation`_.
* Division or modulo by zero yields an assembly error.