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| <h3 class="section">7.120 <code>.weakref </code><var>alias</var><code>, </code><var>target</var></h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bweakref_007d-directive-499"></a>This directive creates an alias to the target symbol that enables the symbol to |
| be referenced with weak-symbol semantics, but without actually making it weak. |
| If direct references or definitions of the symbol are present, then the symbol |
| will not be weak, but if all references to it are through weak references, the |
| symbol will be marked as weak in the symbol table. |
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| <p>The effect is equivalent to moving all references to the alias to a separate |
| assembly source file, renaming the alias to the symbol in it, declaring the |
| symbol as weak there, and running a reloadable link to merge the object files |
| resulting from the assembly of the new source file and the old source file that |
| had the references to the alias removed. |
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| <p>The alias itself never makes to the symbol table, and is entirely handled |
| within the assembler. |
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