GNU Assembler Patch for x86 platform
Alan Modra
amodra@bigpond.net.au
Thu Aug 14 08:19:00 GMT 2003
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 04:30:40AM +0200, Benjamin Kalytta wrote:
> I added better pseudo opcodes for changing and maintaining syntax.
> Instead using .intel_syntax noprefix and so on you could use:
>
> .syntax intel
> .syntax att
> .syntax push
> .syntax pop
Yes, this is perhaps better, but I'm not inclined to apply these
patches. The trouble is that people writing portable code will need to
use the old syntax. Also, your patches don't comply with the GNU coding
standards.
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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
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