Binyamin suggested an S-con 0S(expression) which would contain a base and displacement BDDD. By "absolute value" the base would be zero.
=== > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:24:00 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable? > To: [email protected] > > On 2014-08-17, at 15:16, John Gilmore wrote: > > > What is a negative absolute value? > > > Jargon conflict. Assembler symbols may be either relocatable > or absolute. An absolute (in that sense) symbol may have > either a positive or a negative algebraic value. But it's > unclear how Binymin's assertion supports his assertion, or > weakens mine, or is unambiguous between the two conventions, > or even makes much sense at all. > > -- gil
