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authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>2022-01-11 15:43:34 +0100
committerJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>2022-01-11 15:43:34 +0100
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gas/doc: mention quoted symbol names
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@@ -3856,7 +3856,10 @@ Symbol names begin with a letter or with one of @samp{._}. On most
machines, you can also use @code{$} in symbol names; exceptions are
noted in @ref{Machine Dependencies}. That character may be followed by any
string of digits, letters, dollar signs (unless otherwise noted for a
-particular target machine), and underscores.
+particular target machine), and underscores. These restrictions do not
+apply when quoting symbol names by @samp{"}, which is permitted for most
+targets. Escaping characters in quoted symbol names with @samp{\} generally
+extends only to @samp{\} itself and @samp{"}, at the time of writing.
@end ifclear
@ifset SPECIAL-SYMS
@ifset H8