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<h4 class="subsection">5.5.4 Symbol Attributes for COFF</h4>
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The COFF format supports a multitude of auxiliary symbol attributes;
like the primary symbol attributes, they are set between <code>.def</code> and
<code>.endef</code> directives.
<h5 class="subsubsection">5.5.4.1 Primary Attributes</h5>
<p><a name="index-primary-attributes_002c-COFF-symbols-239"></a>The symbol name is set with <code>.def</code>; the value and type,
respectively, with <code>.val</code> and <code>.type</code>.
<h5 class="subsubsection">5.5.4.2 Auxiliary Attributes</h5>
<p><a name="index-auxiliary-attributes_002c-COFF-symbols-240"></a>The <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> directives <code>.dim</code>, <code>.line</code>, <code>.scl</code>,
<code>.size</code>, <code>.tag</code>, and <code>.weak</code> can generate auxiliary symbol
table information for COFF.
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