[PATCH] Re: .macro behavior

[Jan Beulich]

>No, thanks, I don't like MMIX being accused of being
>"inconsistent" like that.  It *is* consistent - all trailing
>":"s are chopped off.  I think I now remember why; it's not
>really related to ":" as separating namespaces, but the main
>reason is so I could run the binutils test-suite!  Most tests
>"unportably"  assumes that ":" is a label delimiter and not part
>of the label.  Maybe I should insiste that tests be rewritten
>and labels there be defined as "label .set ." :-)

I didn't mean to offend you. Do you have an alternative suggestion for
the wording then?

Jan