as: Hidden
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1 7.39 '.hidden NAMES'
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1 This is one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
DONTPRINTYET 1 '.internal' (⇒'.internal' Internal.) and '.protected' (*note1DONTPRINTYET 1 '.internal' (⇒'.internal' Internal.) and '.protected' (⇒
'.protected' Protected.).
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1 This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which
1 is set by their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets the
1 visibility to 'hidden' which means that the symbols are not visible to
1 other components. Such symbols are always considered to be 'protected'
1 as well.
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