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 argument-list

    One of the arguments listed in the following table.

    Option   Description

    long     Declares longword alignment for any symbol that you
             declare after this directive.
    quad     Declares quadword alignment for any symbol that you
             declare after this directive.
    none     Turns off the alignment specified by the preceding
             .SYMBOL_ALIGNMENT directive.