[Bug gas/876] New: .space with non-absolute value

[hollisb at us dot ibm dot com]

$ cat<<EOF>testcase.S
label1:
        .space FOO
label2:
EOF
$ gcc -c testcase.S
asmtest.S: Assembler messages:
asmtest.S:3: Error: .space specifies non-absolute value

That error message is expected. Now try this:
$ cat<<EOF>testcase.S
label1:
        .space FOO*4
label2:
EOF
$ gcc -c testcase.S
$ echo $?
0
$ nm testcase.o
                 U FOO
0000000000000000 t label1
0000000000000000 t label2

I should get the same build error as before. This behavior occurs with * and <<,
but not + (i.e. FOO+4 fails to build, but FOO<<4 succeeds).

I've observed this with:
        binutils  gcc
x86-64  2.15      3.3.5
ppc64   2.15      3.4.2

-- 
           Summary: .space with non-absolute value
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.15
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: gas
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: hollisb at us dot ibm dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=876

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