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Re: [patch] m68k: Fix uses of curly braces in the assembly output
Kazu Hirata <kazu@codesourcery.com> writes:
> Hi Andreas,
>
>>> My recent ASSEMBLER_DIALECT patch broke uses of curly braces in the
>>> assembly output because '{' and '}' are now special characters to
>>> control dialects.
>>
>> Does that also apply to asm statements?
>
> Apparently so as illustrated by:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-10/msg00488.html
>
> It seems that I have broken backward compatibility. If the user uses '{'
> and '}' in bitfield instructions, then his/her code won't assemble.
I'm afraid then we have to revert the ASSEMBLER_DIALECT patch, unless
there is a way to do that without breaking compatibility. IMHO backward
compatibility is more important than convenience here.
> gcc's asm statements require the user to be familiar with gcc's internal
> to some extent, but I am not sure if we want to expose directives for
> assembly diarect.
>
> Thoughts?
There is still the option to remove the MIT syntax option and use
Motorola syntax throughout, if only the OpenBSD people could agree on
updating their assembler.
Andreas.
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