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<h4 class="subsubsection">9.23.6.2 Special Characters</h4>
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<p>Line comments are introduced by the &lsquo;<samp>|</samp>&rsquo; character appearing
anywhere on a line, unless the <samp>--bitwise-or</samp> command line option
has been specified.
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<p>An asterisk (&lsquo;<samp>*</samp>&rsquo;) as the first character on a line marks the
start of a line comment as well.
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<p>A hash character (&lsquo;<samp>#</samp>&rsquo;) as the first character on a line also
marks the start of a line comment, but in this case it could also be a
logical line number directive (see <a href="Comments.html#Comments">Comments</a>) or a preprocessor
control command (see <a href="Preprocessing.html#Preprocessing">Preprocessing</a>). If the hash character
appears elsewhere on a line it is used to introduce an immediate
value. (This is for compatibility with Sun&rsquo;s assembler).
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by the &lsquo;<samp>;</samp>&rsquo; character.
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