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what does preprocessor test "ASSEMBLY" mean?

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Subject: what does preprocessor test "__ASSEMBLY__" mean?
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:26:54 -0400 (EDT)
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  i can sort of see what it represents, but what's the exact meaning
of checking for that preprocessor symbol?  thanks.

rday

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