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`.protected NAMES'
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   This one of the ELF visibility directives.  The other two are
`.hidden' (Note: Hidden) and `.internal' (Note: Internal).

   This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which
is set by their binding: local, global or weak).  The directive sets
the visibility to `protected' 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.