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.. _assembler-format:

Defining the Output Assembler Language
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This section describes macros whose principal purpose is to describe how
to write instructions in assembler language---rather than what the
instructions do.

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  :maxdepth: 2

  defining-the-output-assembler-language/the-overall-framework-of-an-assembler-file
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/output-of-data
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/output-of-uninitialized-variables
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/output-and-generation-of-labels
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/how-initialization-functions-are-handled
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/macros-controlling-initialization-routines
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/output-of-assembler-instructions
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/output-of-dispatch-tables
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/assembler-commands-for-exception-regions
  defining-the-output-assembler-language/assembler-commands-for-alignment