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<h4 class="subsection">9.15.2 x86 specific Directives</h4>
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<dl><dt><code>.lcomm </code><var>symbol</var><code> , </code><var>length</var><code>[, </code><var>alignment</var><code>]</code><dd>Reserve <var>length</var> (an absolute expression) bytes for a local common
denoted by <var>symbol</var>. The section and value of <var>symbol</var> are
those of the new local common. The addresses are allocated in the bss
section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. Since
<var>symbol</var> is not declared global, it is normally not visible to
<code>ld</code>. The optional third parameter, <var>alignment</var>,
specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section.
<p>This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets.
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