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56 >Chapter 2. Output Formats</TD
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77 >2.3. Object Files</A
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80 >LWASM supports generating a proprietary object file format which is
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83 >Chapter 5</A
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84 >. LWLINK is then used to link these
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85 object files into a final binary in any of LWLINK's supported binary
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88 >Object files are very flexible in that they allow references that are not
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89 known at assembly time to be resolved at link time. However, because the
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90 addresses of such references are not known, there is no way for the assembler
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93 instruction that requires an eight bit operand cannot use external references.</P
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95 >Object files also support the concept of sections which are not valid
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