Motorola HC12 - Manual (Page 235)

Operating Procedures
Directly Generating an .abs File
MCUez HC12 Assembler User’s Manual
MOTOROLA Operating Procedures 235
11.6.5 Using SHORT Sections
Symbols defined in a section with the qualifier SHORT are always accessed
using the direct addressing mode.
Example:
……
shortSec:SECTION SHORT
DirLabel: DS.B 3
dataSec: SECTION
ExtLabel: DS.B 5
…
codeSec: SECTION
…
LDD DirLabel ; Direct addressing mode is used.
…
LDD ExtLabel ; Extended addressing mode is used.
11.7 Directly Generating an .abs File
The MCUez assembler generates an .abs file directly from an assembly source
file. A Motorola S file is generated at the same time and can be directly burnt
into an EPROM.