[binutils-gdb] gas: Clarify documentation about @ and % usage in .section
Jan Beulich via Binutils-cvs <[email protected]>
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6dc6342541de90fbe8726c11c5a45f9475ffb815 commit 6dc6342541de90fbe8726c11c5a45f9475ffb815 Author: Will Hawkins <[email protected]> Date: Fri May 22 13:14:53 2026 +0200 gas: Clarify documentation about @ and % usage in .section In the documentation for the .section Assembler Directive for the ELF format, clarify the instances where @ and % can be used. Signed-off-by: Will Hawkins <[email protected]> Diff: --- gas/doc/as.texi | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texi b/gas/doc/as.texi index 3e1d2d0e254..5c80a3100dc 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texi +++ b/gas/doc/as.texi @@ -7121,9 +7121,10 @@ some targets extend this list with their own types Many targets only support the first three section types. The type may be enclosed in double quotes if necessary. -Note on targets where the @code{@@} character is the start of a comment (eg -ARM) then another character is used instead. For example the ARM port uses the -@code{%} character. +Note - certain targets treat @code{@@} as the start of a comment (e.g., ARM). +On such platforms, @code{%} is used instead. On platforms where neither +@code{@@} nor @code{%} indicate the start of a comment, @code{@@} and +@code{%} may be used interchangeably. Note - some sections, eg @code{.text} and @code{.data} are considered to be special and have fixed types. Any attempt to declare them with a different