compiler generates a gas, which has some strange labels (weird name) used for symbols:
.file "a.c" .text .section .rodata.LC0: .string "string" .text .globl main .type main, @functionmain: pushq %rbp movq %rsp, %rbp leaq .LC0(%rip), %rdi call puts@PLT movl $0, %eax popq %rbp ret .size main, .-main .ident "GCC: (Debian 8.3.0-6) 8.3.0"What is the .LCO:? label should end with semicolon :, directive should starts with dot ., so is it "label-directive"? and this name .LC0? Why isn't it name with the variable name? And in case of other symbols in other programs (not in this one particularly), the labels(directive?), will have names like .LB0, ... Are these names random?