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problems with gas

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From: Peter R. Ham
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1989 16:35
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I have gas1.34 and am experiencing some problems. I'm using it for a m68k,
but the problems appear to be in target independent section.
The following input file is accepted without complaint, but produces a 
weird object file:

.long _foo+_bar

I think that this file should instigate an error, not because the symbols
are undefined, but because symbol addition appears to be beyond gas.

.globl _foo
.globl _bar
.long _foo+_bar

produces an error message.

Why can't gas handle symbol+symbol expressions? Can it handle 
symbol-symbol expressions? 

Why or why not?
Peter
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Subject: problems with gas
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