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>Symbols have no length restriction. They may contain letters, numbers, dots,
dollar signs, and underscores. They must start with a letter, dot, or
underscore.</P
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>LWASM also supports the concept of a local symbol. A local symbol is one
which contains either a "?" or a "@", which can appear anywhere in the symbol.
The scope of a local symbol is determined by a number of factors. First,
each included file gets its own local symbol scope. A blank line will also
be considered a local scope barrier. Macros each have their own local symbol
scope as well (which has a side effect that you cannot use a local symbol
as an argument to a macro). There are other factors as well. In general,
a local symbol is restricted to the block of code it is defined within.</P
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>By default, unless assembling to the os9 target, a "$" in the symbol will
also make it local.  This can be controlled by the "dollarlocal" and
"nodollarlocal" pragmas.  In the absence of a pragma to the contrary, for
the os9 target, a "$" in the symbol will not make it considered local while
for all other targets it will.</P
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author	William Astle <lost@l-w.ca>
date	Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:16:12 -0700
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