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This file documents the GNU Assembler "as".
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Copyright (C) 1991-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
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<p>
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Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Symbol-Intro.html#Symbol-Intro">Symbol Intro</a>,
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Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Whitespace.html#Whitespace">Whitespace</a>,
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<h3 class="section">3.3 Comments</h3>
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<p><a name="index-comments-125"></a>There are two ways of rendering comments to <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp>. In both
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cases the comment is equivalent to one space.
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<p>Anything from ‘<samp><span class="samp">/*</span></samp>’ through the next ‘<samp><span class="samp">*/</span></samp>’ is a comment.
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This means you may not nest these comments.
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<pre class="smallexample"> /*
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The only way to include a newline ('\n') in a comment
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is to use this sort of comment.
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*/
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/* This sort of comment does not nest. */
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</pre>
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<p><a name="index-line-comment-character-126"></a>Anything from a <dfn>line comment</dfn> character up to the next newline is
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considered a comment and is ignored. The line comment character is target
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specific, and some targets multiple comment characters. Some targets also have
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line comment characters that only work if they are the first character on a
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line. Some targets use a sequence of two characters to introduce a line
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comment. Some targets can also change their line comment characters depending
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upon command-line options that have been used. For more details see the
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<em>Syntax</em> section in the documentation for individual targets.
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<p>If the line comment character is the hash sign (‘<samp><span class="samp">#</span></samp>’) then it still has the
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special ability to enable and disable preprocessing (see <a href="Preprocessing.html#Preprocessing">Preprocessing</a>) and
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to specify logical line numbers:
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<p><a name="index-g_t_0023-127"></a><a name="index-lines-starting-with-_0040code_007b_0023_007d-128"></a><a name="index-logical-line-numbers-129"></a>To be compatible with past assemblers, lines that begin with ‘<samp><span class="samp">#</span></samp>’ have a
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special interpretation. Following the ‘<samp><span class="samp">#</span></samp>’ should be an absolute
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expression (see <a href="Expressions.html#Expressions">Expressions</a>): the logical line number of the <em>next</em>
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line. Then a string (see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>) is allowed: if present it is a
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new logical file name. The rest of the line, if any, should be whitespace.
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<p>If the first non-whitespace characters on the line are not numeric,
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the line is ignored. (Just like a comment.)
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<pre class="smallexample"> # This is an ordinary comment.
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# 42-6 "new_file_name" # New logical file name
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# This is logical line # 36.
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</pre>
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<p>This feature is deprecated, and may disappear from future versions
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of <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp>.
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