egcs 1.1.2 (egcs-2.91.66) Assembler error(?)

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr  8, 1999, "Aki Niimura" <akineko@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> I'm getting assembler syntax errors when I complied under Solaris x86 the
> program which is complied w/o errors under Solaris Sparc.
> I know '$' character is causing this. However, I'm wondering why it
> works with Sparc but doesn't work with Solaris x86.
> Because gcc uses an unified assembler.

Not really.  Whether gcc supports `$' or not in identifiers depend on
which assembler you're using.  As Jeff said, GNU as supports `$',
whereas Sun's may not.

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