-@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
-@c VAX/VMS description exhanced and corrected by Klaus K"aempf, kkaempf@progis.de
+@c VAX/VMS description enhanced and corrected by Klaus K"aempf, kkaempf@progis.de
@ifset GENERIC
@node Vax-Dependent
@chapter VAX Dependent Features
* VAX-branch:: VAX Branch Improvement
* VAX-operands:: VAX Operands
* VAX-no:: Not Supported on VAX
+* VAX-Syntax:: VAX Syntax
@end menu
@item @code{-d} (Displacement size for JUMPs)
This option expects a number following the @samp{-d}. Like options
that expect filenames, the number may immediately follow the
-@samp{-d} (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command line
+@samp{-d} (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command-line
argument that follows @samp{-d} (@sc{gnu} standard).
@cindex @code{-V}, redundant on VAX
@cindex bitfields, not supported on VAX
Vax bit fields can not be assembled with @code{@value{AS}}. Someone
can add the required code if they really need it.
+
+@node VAX-Syntax
+@section VAX Syntax
+@menu
+* VAX-Chars:: Special Characters
+@end menu
+
+@node VAX-Chars
+@subsection Special Characters
+
+@cindex line comment character, VAX
+@cindex VAX line comment character
+The presence of a @samp{#} appearing anywhere on a line indicates the
+start of a comment that extends to the end of that line.
+
+If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line then the whole
+line is treated as a comment, but in this case the line can also be a
+logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
+control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
+
+@cindex line separator, VAX
+@cindex statement separator, VAX
+@cindex VAX line separator
+The @samp{;} character can be used to separate statements on the same
+line.