[llvm-bugs] [Bug 31128] New: Assigning to location counter without a space gives confusing error

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https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=31128

            Bug ID: 31128
           Summary: Assigning to location counter without a space gives
                    confusing error
           Product: lld
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P
         Component: ELF
          Assignee: unassignedbugs at nondot.org
          Reporter: arichardson.kde at gmail.com
                CC: llvm-bugs at lists.llvm.org
    Classification: Unclassified

in the following condensed linker script I get a confusing error message:
SECTIONS
{
/* ...*/
    .= __code_body__;
/*...*/
}

Results in:

/home/alr48/cheri/output/sdk256/bin/cheri-unknown-freebsd-ld: error:
/..../sandbox.ld:66: : expected, but got ;
/home/alr48/cheri/output/sdk256/bin/cheri-unknown-freebsd-ld: error:
/..../sandbox.ld:66:   .= __code_body__;
/home/alr48/cheri/output/sdk256/bin/cheri-unknown-freebsd-ld: error:
/..../sandbox.ld:66:                  ^


LLD will accept this script only after adding a space between '.' and '='
whereas GNU ld accepts this without complaining. 

I am not sure if the space is required (all I can see is
https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Simple-Assignments.html#Simple-Assignments
where there is no mention of spaces being required). In any case, a less
confusing error message would be great.

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