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author | Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus> | 1994-02-12 04:53:38 +0000 |
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committer | Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus> | 1994-02-12 04:53:38 +0000 |
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diff --git a/gas/doc/gasp.texi b/gas/doc/gasp.texi index 6807811..df93d2e 100644 --- a/gas/doc/gasp.texi +++ b/gas/doc/gasp.texi @@ -377,11 +377,10 @@ Defining your own directives}. @node Variables @section Preprocessor variables -You can use variables in @sc{gasp} to represent the results of -expressions, strings, or registers. - -There are two kinds of preprocessor variable: +You can use variables in @sc{gasp} to represent strings, registers, or +the results of expressions. +You must distinguish two kinds of variables: @c FIXME! Is this crud true about conditional comparisons vs variables? @enumerate @item @@ -402,9 +401,9 @@ while loops; @sc{gasp} only evaluates these variables when writing assembly output. @item -Variables defined as macro arguments, or with @code{.ASSIGNC} or -@code{.ASSIGNA}. To evaluate this kind of variable, write @samp{\&} before -the variable name; for example, +Variables for use during preprocessing. These are defined as macro +arguments, or with @code{.ASSIGNC} or @code{.ASSIGNA}. To evaluate this +kind of variable, write @samp{\&} before the variable name; for example, @cartouche @example @@ -944,8 +943,9 @@ field of @sc{gasp} statements): @ftable @code @item .LEN("@var{str}") -The length of string @code{"@var{str}"}, as an absolute expression. For -example, @samp{.RES.B .LEN("sample")} reserves six bytes of memory. +Calculate the length of string @code{"@var{str}"}, as an absolute +expression. For example, @samp{.RES.B .LEN("sample")} reserves six +bytes of memory. @item .INSTR("@var{string}", "@var{seg}", @var{ix}) Search for the first occurrence of @var{seg} after position @var{ix} of |