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  64. <h4 class="subsection">9.4.6 Mapping Symbols</h4>
  65. <p>The ARM ELF specification requires that special symbols be inserted
  66. into object files to mark certain features:
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  72. <dt><code>$a</code></dt>
  73. <dd><p>At the start of a region of code containing ARM instructions.
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  75. <a name="index-_0024t"></a>
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  77. <dt><code>$t</code></dt>
  78. <dd><p>At the start of a region of code containing THUMB instructions.
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  82. <dt><code>$d</code></dt>
  83. <dd><p>At the start of a region of data.
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  87. <p>The assembler will automatically insert these symbols for you - there
  88. is no need to code them yourself. Support for tagging symbols ($b,
  89. $f, $p and $m) which is also mentioned in the current ARM ELF
  90. specification is not implemented. This is because they have been
  91. dropped from the new EABI and so tools cannot rely upon their
  92. presence.
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