as: Blackfin Directives

 
 9.6.3 Directives
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 The following directives are provided for compatibility with the VDSP
 assembler.
 
 '.byte2'
      Initializes a two byte data object.
 
      This maps to the '.short' directive.
 '.byte4'
      Initializes a four byte data object.
 
      This maps to the '.int' directive.
 '.db'
      Initializes a single byte data object.
 
      This directive is a synonym for '.byte'.
 '.dw'
      Initializes a two byte data object.
 
      This directive is a synonym for '.byte2'.
 '.dd'
      Initializes a four byte data object.
 
      This directive is a synonym for '.byte4'.
 '.var'
      Define and initialize a 32 bit data object.