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@ifset GENERIC
@page
@node RL78-Dependent
@chapter RL78 Dependent Features
@end ifset
@ifclear GENERIC
@node Machine Dependencies
@chapter RL78 Dependent Features
@end ifclear
In addition to the common directives, the RL78 adds these:
@table @code
@item .double
Output a constant in ``double'' format, which is either a 32-bit
or a 64-bit floating point value, depending upon the setting of the
@option{-m32bit-doubles}|@option{-m64bit-doubles} command-line
option.
@item .bss
Select the BSS section.
@item .3byte
Output a constant value in a three byte format.
@item .int
@itemx .word
Output a constant value in a four byte format.
@end table
@node RL78-Syntax
@section Syntax for the RL78
@menu
* RL78-Chars:: Special Characters
@end menu
@node RL78-Chars
@subsection Special Characters
@cindex line comment character, RL78
@cindex RL78 line comment character
The presence of a @samp{;} appearing anywhere on a line indicates the
start of a comment that extends to the end of that line.
If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line then the whole
line is treated as a comment, but in this case the line can also be a
logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
@cindex line separator, RL78
@cindex statement separator, RL78
@cindex RL78 line separator
The @samp{|} character can be used to separate statements on the same
line.