PATCH: use hashtab for pseudo op table

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu May 5 10:00:00 GMT 2005


Hi Ben, Hi Zack,

 > Zack Weinberg wrote:
> I do not think replacing gas/hash.c with hashtab.c is a good idea, for
> reasons laid out (somewhat cursorily) in
> <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2005-04/msg00056.html>.  I can
> expand if anyone wants to hear it.

I agree - Ben, what is your motivation for removing hash.c ?

I am partially concerned because there has been a recent surge of 
interest in improving the performance of gas, and it sounds like 
switching over to using the libiberty hashtab implementation is going to 
be a performance hit.

Cheers
   Nick



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