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Re: [patch] Use targetm.foo instead of (*targetm.foo)
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Mostafa Hagog <MUSTAFA at il dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: Kazu Hirata <kazu at cs dot umass dot edu>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, jakub at redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:24:30 -0700
- Subject: Re: [patch] Use targetm.foo instead of (*targetm.foo)
- References: <OF9C10768E.5BC7B47C-ONC2256FF0.0027F578-C2256FF0.00282DB9@il.ibm.com>
Mostafa Hagog <MUSTAFA@il.ibm.com> writes:
> Kazu Hirata <kazu@cs.umass.edu> wrote on 26/04/2005 20:09:00:
>>
>> Attached is a patch to use targetm.foo instead of (*targetm.foo).
>
> Kazu,
> Can you remind me what is the difference if there is any ?
I'm not Kazu, but ... Some *very* old pre-standard compilers only
accepted the (*foo) form. There is no difference in standard C,
hence we prefer the form with less line noise.
zw