global bar global foo section .bar bar: dd foo-$ dd baz-$ call foo call baz foo: section .data baz: dd foo-$ dd $-foo ; illegal dd baz-$ dd $-baz dd foo+4-$ ; with constant dd $-baz+foo+4-$ ; both local and cross-segment (legal) dd baz+foo+4-$-$ ; ditto, slightly different dd (bar-$)+(foo-$) ; illegal (too many cross-segment) dd baz-$+baz-$ ; two from same segment section .text mov dword [foo-$], 5 mov eax, foo-$ call foo