[PATCH RESEND v2] Aarch64: Allow explicit size specifier for predicate operand of {sq, uq, }{incp, decp}

[Jan Beulich]

On 12.09.2022 10:17, Richard Sandiford via Binutils wrote:
> It's extremely unlikely that the old syntax would be repurposed to mean
> something else.  Therefore, Richard and I thought that it might be better
> to continue to accept the old syntax alongside the new syntax in the GNU
> tools, as a GNU extension to the official assembler spec, without the
> deprecation message.  Sorry to raise this after so long, and after you'd
> already done the work.

Isn't it the case already that the old syntax will continue to be accepted,
by there being new insn entries added without removing the original ones?
IOW is it perhaps that you're asking for the old syntax to remain accepted
_silently_ (and don't claim this behavior will be removed)? If so, I'd like
to suggest to perhaps allow for diagnostics, but require a command line
option to turn them on.

Jan