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diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 694c8067d9..72b5d0522f 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -2485,10 +2485,10 @@ On most machines, you can also use @code{$} in symbol names; exceptions are noted in @ref{Machine Dependencies}. @end ifset No symbol may begin with a digit. Case is significant. -There is no length limit: all characters are significant. Symbols are -delimited by characters not in that set, or by the beginning of a file -(since the source program must end with a newline, the end of a file is -not a possible symbol delimiter). @xref{Symbols}. +There is no length limit: all characters are significant. Multibyte characters +are supported. Symbols are delimited by characters not in that set, or by the +beginning of a file (since the source program must end with a newline, the end +of a file is not a possible symbol delimiter). @xref{Symbols}. @cindex length of symbols @node Statements @@ -3414,6 +3414,11 @@ on the H8/300), and underscores. Case of letters is significant: @code{foo} is a different symbol name than @code{Foo}. +Multibyte characters are supported. To generate a symbol name containing +multibyte characters enclose it within double quotes and use escape codes. cf +@xref{Strings}. Generating a multibyte symbol name from a label is not +currently supported. + Each symbol has exactly one name. Each name in an assembly language program refers to exactly one symbol. You may use that symbol name any number of times in a program. |