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It is a directive to the compiler. It makes the compiler include code at
the start of the function to load the address of the near data section
into register a4. I think you only need to specify this for functions
which are called from somewhere other than within your program, for
example callback routines or for functions in a shared library. It does
not affect the way you pass arguments to the function if you are calling
it.
Peter Wade
Autopiloting from London, England