Section 3: Assembler
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.dim — Set Array Dimension Attribute
Syntax
.dim
dim [, dim [, dim [, dim] ] ]
Description
dim
Specifies an array dimension of the current symbol. It is an
absolute expression that cannot contain any forward, external, or
undefined references. Up to four dimensions can be specified.
The .dim directive sets the dimension attribute of the symbol referenced by the
current attribute block (see .def directive). The dimension attribute is specified for
array types (see sections 1.4.8.7 Type Entry and 1.4.9.6 Arrays). This directive
can appear at most once per symbol attribute block.
The .dim directive is typically used only for C source-level debugging; it is
ignored when assembler source-level debugging information is generated with
the
-L
command line flag (see also .type directive).
Example
.def buf
.val buf
.dim 16,4
; buf is a two-dim array, int buf[16][4]
.scl 2
.type 0xf4
.line 25
.size 256
.endef