Catch attempts to create strings in the abs section.

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Nick Clifton 2002-08-14 16:38:14 +00:00
parent a7fda4576d
commit 8ac9ba6cf2
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2002-08-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* read.c (stringer): Catch attempts to create strings in the abs
section.
* config/tc-alpha.c: Fix compiling for COFF targets.
Some minor formatting tidyups.

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@ -4564,6 +4564,15 @@ stringer (append_zero) /* Worker to do .ascii etc statements. */
{
c = ','; /* Do loop. */
}
/* If we have been switched into the abs_section then we
will not have an obstack onto which we can hang strings. */
if (now_seg == absolute_section)
{
as_bad (_("strings must be placed into a section"));
c = 0;
ignore_rest_of_line ();
}
while (c == ',' || c == '<' || c == '"')
{
SKIP_WHITESPACE ();