as: Lcomm

 
 7.51 '.lcomm SYMBOL , LENGTH'
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 Reserve LENGTH (an absolute expression) bytes for a local common denoted
 by SYMBOL.  The section and value of SYMBOL 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.  SYMBOL is not declared global
 (See'.global' Global.), so is normally not visible to 'ld'.
 
    Some targets permit a third argument to be used with '.lcomm'.  This
 argument specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss
 section.
 
    The syntax for '.lcomm' differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is
 'SYMBOL .lcomm, LENGTH'; SYMBOL is optional.