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#### Symbol Attributes for COFF

The COFF format supports a multitude of auxiliary symbol attributes; like the primary symbol attributes, they are set between `.def` and `.endef` directives.

##### Primary Attributes

The symbol name is set with `.def`; the value and type, respectively, with `.val` and `.type`.

##### Auxiliary Attributes

The `as` directives `.dim`, `.line`, `.scl`, `.size`, and `.tag` can generate auxiliary symbol table information for COFF.