[PATCH v2 11/17] MIPS: correct macro use in gas and ld testsuites

[Jan Beulich]

On 15.07.2024 14:11, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2024, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>> Whitespace in macro arguments either needs quoting / parenthesizing to
>> reliably not be mistaken for an argument separator, or respective macro
>> parameters need to be marked as covering all remaining arguments. The
>> former appears more appropriate here, as the macro parameters already
>> have ":req".
> 
>  Thank you, however these macros interpret the argument as an arithmetic 
> expression, so I think it will be more natural to parenthesise it rather 
> than quote.

Okay, I've changed it to that. Using quotes is overall cheaper parsing-
wise, but I'm absolutely going to respect your request. I won't re-post
just for this, though.

>  I note that this requirement is not documented in the GAS 
> manual (or I cannot spot it).

There's surprisingly little detail on how to (correctly and compatibly)
use / invoke macros. There's no mention at all on how to separate macro
arguments; the only hint is that macro parameters are explicitly
mentioned as being allowed to be only whitespace separated (by itself
already causing problems which aren't mentioned).

Jan