reserved-words.md

description	Learn more about: Reserved words
title	Reserved words
ms.date	11/04/2016
f1_keywords	code CONFORMING DISCARDABLE Description base APPLOADER Data DYNAMIC DEV386
helpviewer_keywords	.def files [C++], reserved words def files [C++], reserved words linker [C++], reserved words reserved words [C++]
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Reserved words

The following words are reserved by the linker. These names can be used as arguments in module-definition statements only if the name is enclosed in double quotation marks ("").

:::row::: :::column span=""::: APPLOADER¹
BASE
CODE
CONFORMING
DATA
DESCRIPTION
DEV386
DISCARDABLE
DYNAMIC
EXECUTE-ONLY
EXECUTEONLY
EXECUTEREAD
EXETYPE
EXPORTS
FIXED¹ :::column-end::: :::column span=""::: FUNCTIONS²
HEAPSIZE
IMPORTS
IMPURE¹
INCLUDE²
INITINSTANCE²
IOPL
LIBRARY¹
LOADONCALL¹
LONGNAMES²
MOVABLE¹
MOVEABLE¹
MULTIPLE
NAME
NEWFILES² :::column-end::: :::column span=""::: NODATA¹
NOIOPL¹
NONAME
NONCONFORMING¹
NONDISCARDABLE
NONE
NONSHARED
NOTWINDOWCOMPAT¹
OBJECTS
OLD¹
PRELOAD
PRIVATE
PROTMODE²
PURE¹
READONLY :::column-end::: :::column span=""::: READWRITE
REALMODE¹
RESIDENT
RESIDENTNAME¹
SECTIONS
SEGMENTS
SHARED
SINGLE
STACKSIZE
STUB
VERSION
WINDOWAPI
WINDOWCOMPAT
WINDOWS :::column-end::: :::row-end:::

¹ The linker emits a warning ("ignored") when it encounters this term. However, the word is still reserved.

² The linker ignores this word but emits no warning.

See also

• MSVC linker reference
• MSVC Linker Options