Re: x86 PIC regressions

[Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>]

On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 05:06:41PM +1000, Geoffrey KEATING wrote:
> int a = 0;
> int b = 0;
> 
> void foo(void)
> {
>   asm (".long %1-%0" : : "i"(&a), "i"(&b));
> }

That still isn't constant.  If we're PIC, we have to either a or
b or both could be overridden.  Make them static and the example
works, but it isn't something that I would worry about too much.


r~