Amittai Aviram <amittai.aviram@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> Amittai Aviram <amittai.aviram@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> What does the ".value" directive mean and what is it for? The assembly code I'm looking at is for x86_64, if that makes a difference. Thanks! >> >> >> It puts a two byte value into the output section. E.g., >> >> short x = 1; >> >> might generate >> >> x: >> .value 1 >> >> Ian > > > Thanks, Ian. I don't quite follow your example--I would have expected > > short x = 1; > > to result in something like > > push $1 I meant the case where x is a global or static variable. Ian
