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AIX Version 4.3 Assembler Language Reference
.lcomm Pseudo-op
Purpose
Defines a local uninitialized block of storage.
Syntax
Description
The .lcomm pseudo-op defines a local uninitialized block of storage called a local common (LC) section. At run time, this storage block will be reserved when the LC section is allocated at the end of the .data section. This storage block is for uninitialized data.
Use the .lcomm pseudo-op with local uninitialized data, which is data that will probably not be accessed outside the local assembly.
The symbol Name1 is a label at the top of the local uninitialized block of storage. The location counter for this LC section is incremented by the Expression parameter. A specific LC section can be specified by the Name2 parameter. Otherwise an unnamed section is used.
Parameters
Name1 |
Represents a relocatable symbol. The symbol Name1 is a label at the top of the local uninitialized block of storage. Name1 does not appear in the symbol table unless it is the operand of a .globl statement. |
Expression |
Represents an absolute expression that is defined in the first pass of the assembler. The Expression parameter also increments the location counter for the LC section. |
Name2 |
Represents a control section (csect) name that has storage mapping class BS and storage type CM. The Name2 parameter allows the programmer to specify the BS csect for the allocated storage. If a specific LC section is not specified by the Name2 parameter, an unnamed section is used. |
Examples
- To set up 5KB of storage and refer to it as buffer
:
.lcomm buffer,5120
# Can refer to this 5K
# of storage as "buffer".
- To set up a label with the name proga
:
.lcomm b3,4,proga
# b3 will be a label in a csect of class BS
# and type CM with name "proga".
Related Information
Pseudo-ops Overview.
The .comm pseudo-op.
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