non-constant in current section subtraction???

[<kieft_brian@si.com>]

I'm having some trouble with the GNU assembler and the special '.' symbol. The
following code is an example:


LABEL1:
   some stuff
   more stuff

   VAR1 = . - LABEL1
   .IF (VAR1)
     do something

   .ENDIF

The dot symbol should give me the current location in memory, which is a
non-constant. However, the difference between the . and label1 (assuming they're
in the same section) is a constant. Why do I get a "non-constant expression in
if statement" error when I try to do this. I've tried working the assembler
source code a bit and making X_op = O_constant when you do the subtraction, but
that seems to screw things up and give everything a value of 0. Without the
hack, I get the right values, but they're just not constant. Has anyone ran into
this before? I'd appreciate any help I can get. Thanks,

Brian


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