-@c Copyright 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@end table
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@node ARC Syntax
@section Syntax
@menu
@node ARC-Chars
@subsection Special Characters
-@cindex ARC special characters
-@cindex special characters, ARC
-*TODO*
+@cindex line comment character, ARC
+@cindex ARC line comment character
+The presence of a @samp{#} on a line indicates the start of a comment
+that extends to the end of the current line. Note that if a line
+starts with a @samp{#} character then it can also be a logical line
+number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
+control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
+
+@cindex line separator, ARC
+@cindex statement separator, ARC
+@cindex ARC line separator
+The ARC assembler does not support a line separator character.
@node ARC-Regs
@subsection Register Names
For information on the ARC instruction set, see @cite{ARC Programmers
Reference Manual}, ARC International (www.arc.com)
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