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diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi index be4de8a..34a69b0 100644 --- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi +++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, -@c 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 +@c 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c This is part of the GAS manual. @c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extending the Intel architecture to 64-bits. @menu * i386-Options:: Options * i386-Directives:: X86 specific directives -* i386-Syntax:: AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax +* i386-Syntax:: Syntactical considerations * i386-Mnemonics:: Instruction Naming * i386-Regs:: Register Naming * i386-Prefixes:: Instruction Prefixes @@ -261,7 +261,14 @@ This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets. @end table @node i386-Syntax -@section AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax +@section i386 Syntactical Considerations +@menu +* i386-Variations:: AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax +* i386-Chars:: Special Characters +@end menu + +@node i386-Variations +@subsection AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax @cindex i386 intel_syntax pseudo op @cindex intel_syntax pseudo op, i386 @@ -362,6 +369,29 @@ The AT&T assembler does not provide support for multiple section programs. Unix style systems expect all programs to be single sections. @end itemize +@node i386-Chars +@subsection Special Characters + +@cindex line comment character, i386 +@cindex i386 line comment character +The presence of a @samp{#} appearing anywhere on a line indicates the +start of a comment that extends to the end of that line. + +If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line then the whole +line is treated as a comment, but in this case the line can also be a +logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor +control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}). + +If the @option{--divide} command line option has not been specified +then the @samp{/} character appearing anywhere on a line also +introduces a line comment. + +@cindex line separator, i386 +@cindex statement separator, i386 +@cindex i386 line separator +The @samp{;} character can be used to separate statements on the same +line. + @node i386-Mnemonics @section Instruction Naming |