RECORD           Define record type                                 Directive

  RECORD recordname [rec_field [, rec_field ...]]   ; Ideal mode
  recordname RECORD [rec_field [, rec_field ...]]   ; MASM mode

    Declares a record data type. Each rec_field describes a group of bits
    in the record and has the following syntax:

       field_name : width_expr [=value]

    field_name is the name of a record field. TASM will allocate a bit
    field of the width width_expr for it. =value describes the initial
    value of the field (the default value used when an instance of the
    record is created). Values and width expressions cannot be relative or
    forward-referenced. Record field names are global in scope and
    cannot be redefined.

    You can redefine record data types, and define the same name as a
    record data type more than once in a module.

    Examples:   RECORD switches s1:1,s2:1,s3:4
                RECORD myrec val:3=4, {
                             mode:2
                             sze:4=15 }

    Turbo Assembler provides special support for record fields that
    represent flags and enumerated data types (see GETFIELD, SETFIELD,
    MASKFLAG, SETFLAG, TESTFLAG, FLIPFLAG).


    Creating an instance of a record

    You can create an instance of a record data type by using the name of
    the record data type as a data allocation directive.

    Record instances are always either a byte, a word, or a doubleword,
    depending on the number of bits allocated in the definition.

    Examples:   rtest1 myrec ?                  ; uninitialized
                rtest2 myrec < >                ; initialized to defaults
                rtest3 myrec { }                ; initialized to defaults
                  which is equivalent to:
                  DW (4 SHL 6) + (0 SHL 4) + (15 SHL 0)
                rtest4 myrec {mode=2, sze=?}    ; initialize named fields
                rtest5 myrec <,2,?>             ; = rtest4