setup_and_run
sei
jsr init ; commenting this row out should make the assembler throw an error and refuse to compile, now it happens all the time?

-
lda #$fb
cmp $d012
bne *-3

jsr routine

jmp -

init .proc
initiated = 1
; do stuff
rts
.pend
use_initiated_memory_area .proc
; using init.initiated instead of gives a duplicate definition error, why, the scopes are different and they are not strongly defined i several places
.weak
initiated = 0 ; default to 0
.endweak
.if initiated = 0
.error "you must call init"
.fi
; do stuff
rts
.endp

routine
jsr use_initiated_memory_area
rts