ARM VERSION 1.2 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 7
Directives Reference
This chapter describes the directives that are provided by the ARM assembler,
armasm
.
It contains the following sections:
Alphabetical list of directives on page 7-2
Symbol definition directives on page 7-3
Data definition directives on page 7-13
Allocate memory, define data structures, set initial contents of memory.
Assembly control directives on page 7-26
Conditional assembly, looping, inclusions, and macros.
Frame description directives on page 7-33
Reporting directives on page 7-44
Miscellaneous directives on page 7-49.
Note
None of these directives are available in the inline assemblers in the ARM C and C++
compilers.