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<h3 class="section">7.86 <code>.protected </code><var>names</var></h3>
<p><a name="index-_0040code_007bprotected_007d-directive-421"></a><a name="index-visibility-422"></a>This is one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
<code>.hidden</code> (see <a href="Hidden.html#Hidden">Hidden</a>) and <code>.internal</code> (see <a href="Internal.html#Internal">Internal</a>).
<p>This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which is set by
their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets the visibility to
<code>protected</code> which means that any references to the symbols from within the
components that defines them must be resolved to the definition in that
component, even if a definition in another component would normally preempt
this.
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