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[binutils-gdb] Correct local label doc
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at sourceware dot org>
- To: bfd-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 13 Aug 2015 06:33:30 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Correct local label doc
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9791c250490d7c3c961860419e4436c758a91a21
commit 9791c250490d7c3c961860419e4436c758a91a21
Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Aug 13 15:51:51 2015 +0930
Correct local label doc
* doc/as.texinfo (Local Labels): Allowed range of N in local
labels is non-negative integers, not positive integers.
Diff:
---
gas/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gas/doc/as.texinfo | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 220047c..d5b29f2 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-08-13 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * doc/as.texinfo (Local Labels): Allowed range of N in local
+ labels is non-negative integers, not positive integers.
+
2015-08-12 David Weatherford <weath@cadence.com>
* config/tc-xtensa.c (struct litpool_frag, struct litpool_seg):
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index dae7424..c2f2f86 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -3707,11 +3707,11 @@ Local labels are different from local symbols. Local labels help compilers and
programmers use names temporarily. They create symbols which are guaranteed to
be unique over the entire scope of the input source code and which can be
referred to by a simple notation. To define a local label, write a label of
-the form @samp{@b{N}:} (where @b{N} represents any positive integer). To refer
-to the most recent previous definition of that label write @samp{@b{N}b}, using
-the same number as when you defined the label. To refer to the next definition
-of a local label, write @samp{@b{N}f}---the @samp{b} stands for ``backwards''
-and the @samp{f} stands for ``forwards''.
+the form @samp{@b{N}:} (where @b{N} represents any non-negative integer).
+To refer to the most recent previous definition of that label write
+@samp{@b{N}b}, using the same number as when you defined the label. To refer
+to the next definition of a local label, write @samp{@b{N}f}. The @samp{b}
+stands for ``backwards'' and the @samp{f} stands for ``forwards''.
There is no restriction on how you can use these labels, and you can reuse them
too. So that it is possible to repeatedly define the same local label (using