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.PUBLIC

Declares to the optimizing linker that the symbol described in the operand field is a symbol to be referenced from another module.

[Syntax]

Symbol field	Mnemonic field	Operand field	Comment field
[label:]	.PUBLIC	symbol-name	[; comment]

[Function]

-	The .PUBLIC directive declares to the optimizing linker that the symbol described in the operand field is a symbol to be referenced from another module.

[Use]

-	When defining a symbol to be referenced from another module, the .PUBLIC directive must be used to declare the symbol as an external definition.

[Description]

-	When the symbol(s) to be described in the operand field isn't defined within the same module, a warning is output. The symbol name is output in the error message. When the symbol(s) isn't defined in any module, it will cause an error during linking.

-	The following symbols cannot be used as the operand of the .PUBLIC directive:

(a)	Symbol defined with the .SET directive

(b)	Section name

(c)	Macro name

[Example]

         .PUBLIC  PSYM01

         .PUBLIC  PSYM02

PSYM01:  .DB      0x10

PSYM02:

         MOV      A, #0x4D