Merge pull request MicrosoftDocs#5560 from Rageking8/merge-duplicate-sentences-about-asm-synonym-in-asm-reference

v-dirichards · web-flow · commit 53eea62a0cba · 2025-08-19T15:17:05.000-05:00
Merge duplicate sentences about `_asm` synonym in `__asm` reference
diff --git a/docs/assembler/inline/asm.md b/docs/assembler/inline/asm.md
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-description: "Learn more about: `__asm`"
 title: "__asm"
-ms.date: "10/09/2018"
+description: "Learn more about: `__asm`"
+ms.date: 10/09/2018
+ms.topic: reference
 f1_keywords: ["__asm", "_asm", "__asm_cpp"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["__asm keyword [C++], vs. asm blocks", "__asm keyword [C++]"]
-ms.assetid: 77ff3bc9-a492-4b5e-85e1-fa4e414e79cd
-ms.topic: reference
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 # `__asm`
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ The **`__asm`** keyword invokes the inline assembler and can appear wherever a C
 
 ## Remarks
 
-If used without braces, the **`__asm`** keyword means that the rest of the line is an assembly-language statement. If used with braces, it means that each line between the braces is an assembly-language statement. For compatibility with previous versions, **`_asm`** is a synonym for **`__asm`**.
+If used without braces, the **`__asm`** keyword means that the rest of the line is an assembly-language statement. If used with braces, it means that each line between the braces is an assembly-language statement. For compatibility with previous versions, **`_asm`** is a synonym for **`__asm`** unless compiler option [`/Za` (Disable language extensions)](../../build/reference/za-ze-disable-language-extensions.md) is specified.
 
 Since the **`__asm`** keyword is a statement separator, you can put assembly instructions on the same line.
 
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 `__asm int 3` now results in native code generation for the function. If you want a function to cause a break point in your code and if you want that function compiled to MSIL, use [__debugbreak](../../intrinsics/debugbreak.md).
 
-For compatibility with previous versions, **`_asm`** is a synonym for **`__asm`** unless compiler option [/Za \(Disable language extensions)](../../build/reference/za-ze-disable-language-extensions.md) is specified.
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 ## Example
 
 The following code fragment is a simple **`__asm`** block enclosed in braces:
