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<h3 class="section">7.75 <code>.local </code><var>names</var></h3>

<p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007blocal_007d-directive-388"></a>This directive, which is available for ELF targets, marks each symbol in
the comma-separated list of <code>names</code> as a local symbol so that it
will not be externally visible.  If the symbols do not already exist,
they will be created.

   <p>For targets where the <code>.lcomm</code> directive (see <a href="Lcomm.html#Lcomm">Lcomm</a>) does not
accept an alignment argument, which is the case for most ELF targets,
the <code>.local</code> directive can be used in combination with <code>.comm</code>
(see <a href="Comm.html#Comm">Comm</a>) to define aligned local common data.

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