Absolute terms

A term is absolute if its value does not change upon program relocation.

A term is absolute if its value does not change upon program relocation. In other words, a term is absolute if its value is independent of any possible code relocation operation.

An absolute term is one of the following items:

  • A constant (including all the kinds of constants defined in Constants).
  • A symbol set to an absolute expression.

The value of an absolute term is the constant value.