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Mention whitespace in script expressions

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Inside an output section statement, ld's parser can't tell whether a
line
    .+=4;
is an assignment to dot or a file named ".+=4".

	* ld.texi (expressions): Mention need for whitespace.
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Alan Modra
2021-08-11 15:17:48 +09:30
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@ -6286,9 +6286,11 @@ expect when you upgrade.
@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.