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<h5 class="subsubsection">9.42.5.6 literal_prefix</h5>

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The <code>literal_prefix</code> directive allows you to override the default
literal section names, which are derived from the names of the sections
where the literals are defined.

<pre class="smallexample">         .begin literal_prefix [<var>name</var>]
         .end literal_prefix
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   <p>For literals defined within the delimited region, the literal section
names are derived from the <var>name</var> argument instead of the name of
the current section.  The rules used to derive the literal section names
do not change.  See <a href="Literal-Directive.html#Literal-Directive">literal</a>.  If the <var>name</var>
argument is omitted, the literal sections revert to the defaults.  This
directive has no effect when using the
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">--text-section-literals</span></samp>&rsquo; option (see <a href="Xtensa-Options.html#Xtensa-Options">Command Line Options</a>).

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