Question

Which assembler option runs the m4 macro preprocessor on the source file?

(a) -n

(b) -m

(c) -V

(d) -o

This question was posed to me during an online exam.

My doubt is from The Compilation Process-II topic in portion Writing Software for Embedded Systems of Embedded Systems

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) -m

The explanation is: The option -o puts the assembler into the file obj file, -V can write the assembler’s version number on the standard error output, -m runs the macro preprocessor on the source file and -n turns off the long or short address optimization.