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Re: [patch] Make h8300 port build again in mainline
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Subject: Re: [patch] Make h8300 port build again in mainline
- From: law at redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:04:52 -0600
- cc: Kazu Hirata <kazu at hxi dot com>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Reply-To: law at redhat dot com
In message <45490000.995314683@warlock.codesourcery.com>you write:
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>
> --On Monday, July 16, 2001 10:31:58 AM -0600 "law@redhat.com"
> <law@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > We've generally avoided having these embedded side effect expressions
> > explicitly used in md files. I don't recall the precise reasons, but
> > without some hard information as to why it's a good idea and should be
> > safe, I'd like to stick with the convention that we don't allow these
> > expressions.
>
> Is this in the manual? If not, would you care to add it? Otherwise,
> it's a Secret Only The Gurus Know. :-)
Yes, this is documented in the manual. However, the docs are rather
unclear in both the restrictions and the rationale behind the restrictions.
jeff