Reference Guide

Chapter 4 55
Assembler Directives and Pseudo-Operations
Table 4-2 Pseudo-Operations
.PROC Marks the first statement in a procedure.
.PROCEND Marks the last statement in a procedure.
.REG Attaches a type and number to a user-defined
register name.
.SHLIB_VERSION Inserts a date string into the object module as a
shared-library version identifier.
.SPACE Declares a new space or switches back to a
previous space.
.SUBSPA Declares a new subspace or switches back to a
previous subspace.
.VERSION Inserts the specified string into the current
object module as a user-defined version
identification string.
Directive Function
.BLOCK Reserves a block of data storage.
.BLOCKZ Reserves a block of data storage.
.BYTE Reserves 8 bits (a byte) of storage and
initializes it to the given value.
.DOUBLE Initializes 64 bits (a double-word) of storage to
a floating-point value.
.DWORD Reserves 64 bits (a double word) of storage and
initializes it to the given value.
.ENTER Marks a procedure's entry point and generates
standard entry code.
.FLOAT Initializes a single-word of storage to a
floating-point value.
Directive Function