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| <h4 class="subsection">5.5.1 Value</h4> |
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| <p><a name="index-value-of-a-symbol-227"></a><a name="index-symbol-value-228"></a>The value of a symbol is (usually) 32 bits. For a symbol which labels a |
| location in the text, data, bss or absolute sections the value is the |
| number of addresses from the start of that section to the label. |
| Naturally for text, data and bss sections the value of a symbol changes |
| as <code>ld</code> changes section base addresses during linking. Absolute |
| symbols' values do not change during linking: that is why they are |
| called absolute. |
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| <p>The value of an undefined symbol is treated in a special way. If it is |
| 0 then the symbol is not defined in this assembler source file, and |
| <code>ld</code> tries to determine its value from other files linked into the |
| same program. You make this kind of symbol simply by mentioning a symbol |
| name without defining it. A non-zero value represents a <code>.comm</code> |
| common declaration. The value is how much common storage to reserve, in |
| bytes (addresses). The symbol refers to the first address of the |
| allocated storage. |
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