ill effect of <register>+<constant>

[Jan Beulich]

>>> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> 21.09.07 17:13 >>>
>"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com> writes:
>
>> To me, adding a constant to a register and getting a different register is
>> all but a useful feature (maybe it is in e.g. PPC semantics where registers
>> can be represented by plain numbers). But beyond that,
>
>That's the main feature.  Registers _are_ plain numbers.

... on some architectures. On others, they aren't (if they were, there wouldn't
be any sense in having special O_register and reg_section values).

Jan