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Re: MASK_GNU_AS == MASK_GAS
- From: Fred Fish <fnf at specifix dot com>
- To: James E Wilson <wilson at specifix dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:34:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: MASK_GNU_AS == MASK_GAS
- References: <200508290258.50259.fnf@specifix.com> <43178BBC.3070309@specifix.com>
- Reply-to: fnf at specifix dot com
On Thursday 01 September 2005 19:16, James E Wilson wrote:
>
> Is there a reason why you are asking? Since target flag macros are
> target dependent, there is no particular need for them to be consistent
> across different targets.
I was checking to see exactly what differences configuring a current
mips-elf toolchain with and without --with-gnu-as makes, and that led
me to the MASK_GNU_AS and MASK_GAS issue. Your first instinct is to
think that they are somehow different, and I guess I was a little
surprised to find out that they weren't.
> At the same time, I'm not asking anyone else to
> change, since others may not want to change their ports, so we are left
> with a minor harmless inconsistency.
Yes it's a small nit.
-Fred