Using the special Dot form in a .set directive?

[Jason Sullivan]

Is it possible to use the special Dot form in a .set directive?  When I try
to do a

.set somename,.

the value somename is always 0, regardless of where in the file it is.


I'm using this version of gas...

% gas --version
GNU assembler 2.10.1 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This
program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty. This
assembler was configured for a target of `rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.2.0'.

...compiled with this version of gcc...

% gcc --version
3.0.2

...on this type of machine...

% uname -a
AIX gristle 3 4 0044505F4C00
% oslevel
4.3.3.0

...with the attached assembley file.  It won't assemble correctly for what
I belived is correct input.  Is this a bug?  Thanks for your attention.

(See attached file: test.as)
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