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Re: PATCH: Add .lcomm directive with optional alignment field to x86 port


Danny Smith wrote:

> > Excellent, that sounds like a proper fix for
> > <http://gcc.gnu.org/PR37216>.
>
> Not really. That bug is about global symbols.

Right, but as I see it they're two instances of the same problem: how to
communicate an alignment of a common symbol to the assembler.  I just
figured that if .lcomm can be implemented to take an alignment then the
same approach can be used with .comm.

Brian


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