Sections

In KASM there are two types of sections in a .kasm file:

• Text
• Data

.section

You may change the current section type by writing the .section directive:

.section .text  ; Changes to a text section
.section .data  ; Changes to a data section

Text Sections

By default, KASM is already in a .text section, so you are already familiar with what that means: you can write code in it

Example

.section .text

.func
_start:
    ...

Data Sections

In KASM if one wanted to declare a global symbol that was not a function, but a value that other KASM files can use without needing preprocessor includes or copy-and-pasting, we use a .data section.

.data sections are used to declare symbols and their values

.section .data

PI .f64v  3.1415 ; Declares a symbol named PI
                 ; that is a ScalarDouble with a value of 3.1415

See Data Types for information on how to declare symbols of all types