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Re: ST(i) and MMj
> During that discussion I did agree that these registers should not be
> treated as separate, but it seems we meant different things.
> What I meant was that it is a Bad Idea to maintain separate data for
> each one of these sets.
Ah. I see what you meant now. Yes, we misunderstood each other.
> But I don't see why cannot GDB _think_ about %st(X) and %mmY as being
> separate registers while in reality they share the same data, if this
> sharing is concealed behind REGISTER_BYTE and REGISTER_RAW_SIZE (and
> possibly other functions/macros used to manipulate registers). What
> are the specific problems with this scheme?
Grep the sources for NUM_REGS, and look for loops that traverse the
register set. Prove to yourself that none of these loops will break
if register X aliases register Y. Persuade yourself that nobody in
the future, innocent of the x86's sins, will write such a loop.
I tried, but I couldn't manage it. :)