[PATCH] add directive to enter/leave alternate macro mode

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Jan,

>>>	* as.c: Add and handle new --Alternate command line option.
>>
>>The option name should be "--alternate".  Long option names are all
>>lower case, except for compatibility purposes.  This affects the code
>>and docs.
>>
>>Please add a short entry to gas/NEWS mentioning the new option and
>>pseudo-ops.
>>
>>With those changes, this patch is OK.  Thanks.

> It just occured to me (because I got similar replies on gcc) that this
> might have been meant as 'OK to commit' once updated. If that's the
> case, since I don't have cvs write access, I'd need to know whether
> either I should acquire such or somebody else would commit this.

If you can send me a copy of the revised patch and the revised 
ChangeLogs I will take care of checking it in for you.

Cheers
   Nick