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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src index 0aac8562..9ebe657e 100644 --- a/doc/nasmdoc.src +++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src @@ -4707,7 +4707,7 @@ This is a macro implemented as a \c{%pragma}: Commandline option is also possible. See also \k{opt-pfix}. -Some tool chain is aware of a particular prefix for its own optimization +Some toolchains is aware of a particular prefix for its own optimization options, such as code elimination. For instance, Mach-O backend has a linker that uses a simplistic naming scheme to chunk up sections into a meta section. When the \c{subsections_via_symbols} directive @@ -4715,7 +4715,7 @@ meta section. When the \c{subsections_via_symbols} directive separate block. The meta section is, then, defined to include sections before the one that starts with a 'L'. \c{LPREFIX} is useful here to mark all local symbols with the 'L' prefix to be excluded to the meta section. -It converts local symbols compatible with the particular tool chain. +It converts local symbols compatible with the particular toolchain. Note that local symbols declared with \c{STATIC} (\k{static}) are excluded from the symbol mangling and also not marked as global. |