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| <h3 class="section">7.17 <code>.desc </code><var>symbol</var><code>, </code><var>abs-expression</var></h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bdesc_007d-directive-316"></a><a name="index-COFF-symbol-descriptor-317"></a><a name="index-symbol-descriptor_002c-COFF-318"></a>This directive sets the descriptor of the symbol (see <a href="Symbol-Attributes.html#Symbol-Attributes">Symbol Attributes</a>) |
| to the low 16 bits of an absolute expression. |
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| <p>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">.desc</span></samp>’ directive is not available when <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> is |
| configured for COFF output; it is only for <code>a.out</code> or <code>b.out</code> |
| object format. For the sake of compatibility, <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> accepts |
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