[PATCH 2/2] x86: replace Intel syntax parser

[H.J. Lu]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> This patch removes the old, ad-hoc (and slightly incomplete) Intel
> syntax parser that was usable only for instruction operands, and
> replaces it with one hooked up to the normal expression parser, thus
> now usable also in expressions used in directives.
>
> There's one particular aspect where masm would reject a construct gas
> now accepts - this is recorded as two "#XXX?"-commented cases in the
> intelbad.[sl] test: masm apparently treats [] as having a higher
> precedence than the unary offset operator, something not easily doable
> in gas' expression handling, which assumes that all unary operators
> have a higher precedence than all binary operators. This is not viewed
> as a problem, however, as the meaning of these constructs is
> unambiguous and would never occur in ported over sources.
>

This patch caused:

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10198

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H.J.