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From: mark@quintus.UUCP (Mark Spotswood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Mips assembler question
Message-ID: <1380@quintus.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 90 20:16:36 GMT
Reply-To: mark@quintus.UUCP ()
Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc.
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I have a question about memory initialization in Mips assember. I would
like to initialize a memory location to contain a value which is the
difference between the addresses of two other labels, something like this:

a:
	.word    b-c

where b and c are two other labels. If I use the above syntax, the Mips
assembler will signal an error saying that the symbol 'c' must be an 
absolute value.

The mips assembler will allow things like:

a:
	.word    b

or

a:
	.word    b-2

If the assembler can figure out what b and b-2 will be, why can't it figure
out what b-c will be?  Is there a way to do what I want in Mips assember?

-mark
(mark@quintus.uucp)