[PATCH] gas: Document @ and % as interchangeable for type argument in .section
Project / Subsystem
binutils / gas
Date
2026-05-16
Proposer
Will Hawkins <hawkinsw@obs.cr>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Improved documentation clarity at the cost of a small documentation update.
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- binutils
- subsystem
- gas
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- 20260516003806.456403-1-hawkinsw@obs.cr
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- title
- [PATCH] gas: Document @ and % as interchangeable for type argument in .section
- headline
- gas: Document @ and % as interchangeable for type argument in .section
- tldr
- Clarifies that the assembler accepts both `@` and `%` characters when specifying section types in the `.section` directive.
- proposer
- Will Hawkins <hawkinsw@obs.cr>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
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- • Improved documentation clarity at the cost of a small documentation update.
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- • gas
- • documentation
- • assembler
- • ELF
- • section
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- date
- 2026-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH] gas: Document @ and % as interchangeable for type argument in .section
This patch updates the assembler documentation to explicitly state that both the @ and % characters can be used interchangeably when specifying the type argument in the .section directive for ELF files. This avoids confusion for users, especially on targets where @ might be interpreted as the start of a comment. The change improves the clarity of the documentation without altering the assembler’s functionality.