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@cindex expressions
@cindex arithmetic
The syntax for expressions in the linker script language is identical to
-that of C expressions. All expressions are evaluated as integers. All
-expressions are evaluated in the same size, which is 32 bits if both the
-host and target are 32 bits, and is otherwise 64 bits.
+that of C expressions, except that whitespace is required in some
+places to resolve syntactic ambiguities. All expressions are
+evaluated as integers. All expressions are evaluated in the same
+size, which is 32 bits if both the host and target are 32 bits, and is
+otherwise 64 bits.
You can use and set symbol values in expressions.