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#### 9.6.3 Directives

The following directives are provided for compatibility with the VDSP assembler.

`.byte2`

  Initializes a two byte data object.

  This maps to the `.short` directive.

`.byte4`

  Initializes a four byte data object.

  This maps to the `.int` directive.

`.db`

  Initializes a single byte data object.

  This directive is a synonym for `.byte`.

`.dw`

  Initializes a two byte data object.

  This directive is a synonym for `.byte2`.

`.dd`

  Initializes a four byte data object.

  This directive is a synonym for `.byte4`.

`.var`

  Define and initialize a 32 bit data object.