.lcomm
symbol
,
length
Reserve length
(an absolute expression) bytes for a local common denoted by symbol
. The section and value of symbol
are those of the new local common. The addresses are allocated in the bss section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. Symbol
is not declared global (see
.global
), so is normally not visible to ld
.
Some targets permit a third argument to be used with .lcomm
. This argument specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section.
The syntax for .lcomm
differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is ‘
symbol
.lcomm,
length
’; symbol
is optional.