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Re: INTEL_SYNTAX and i386.md
- To: Jan Hubicka <hubicka at atrey dot karlin dot mff dot cuni dot cz>
- Subject: Re: INTEL_SYNTAX and i386.md
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:52:54 -0700
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <19981007152328.41020@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>you write:
> Hi
> I386.md contains many hacks to handle INTEL_SYNTAX macro. It seems to be
> unused and there is many places, where it will not work. It also adds lots
> of unnecesary code and harm (you must use "* return AS2(...)" instead of
> "...", that generates worse code and you can't use "@ at many places, so
> you can't do isns that combines # and generating instructions, which is
> very valuable.
> So I think we should remove it, if there is no plans to make it working
> again.
> Any comments?
My sources tell me the intel syntax is about to become important again. So
while you could rip it out, I suspect it'll have to be put right back in.
Let's hold off on this for now.
jeff