808~ Object Module Formats | Version 4.0 |
The B (Based) bit, if 1, means that the location in MAS defined by the FRAME INFORMATION and OFFSET fields contains a value that is the address of a symbol.
The L (Long) bit tells the lenqth of this value.
L=0 - ) 2 bytes
L=l
If L=0 the frame part of the symbol address is defined to be the frame q i ven by the FRAME IN FORI"ATION fie ld •
If 8=0, the location defined by the FRAME INFORMATION and
OFFSET fields is the location of the symbol. In this case the L bit has no meaning and is reQuired to be 0.
The FRAME METHOD field defines what kind of data is in the
DATUI~ field.
If FRAME ~ETHOD=0, the DATUM has the format:
*****///*********///*****************
* | GROUP | * | SEGMENT | * | FRAME | * |
* | * | * | * | |||
* | INDEX | * | INDEX | * | NUMBER | * |
* |
| * |
| * |
| * |
****
*****///*********///*****************
II
+conditional+
The interpretation of the DATUM fields in the above format is identical to the interpretation of the LOCAL. SYMBOLS BASE in the LOCSYM reco rd.
If FRAME METHOD=l, the DATUM has the format:
*****///*****
* | * |
* EXTERNAL | * |
* INDEX *
**
**
*****///*****
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