as: Internal
7.48 '.internal NAMES'
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This is one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
DONTPRINTYET '.hidden' ('.hidden' Hidden.) and '.protected' (*noteDONTPRINTYET '.hidden' ('.hidden' Hidden.) and '.protected' (
'.protected' Protected.).
This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which
is set by their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets the
visibility to 'internal' which means that the symbols are considered to
be 'hidden' (i.e., not visible to other components), and that some
extra, processor specific processing must also be performed upon the
symbols as well.