Inline-assembly with C-code and structures

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul  8, 2001, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:

> So there seems not to be a "easier" way to do this.
> Some years ago with tasm or nasm (can't remember) I used stuff like this:
> "mov eax, [esi+struct_foo.variable_bar]"

In order to do this, the compiler would have to look into the assembly
statements looking for datatypes and variable names in it.  It would
mean that, depending on whether you have a certain data type or
variable named `mov' defined, the program might assemble successfully
or not.  I can't find this idea appealing.  IMO, GCC's approach is far
saner, yet I'll concede it places a heavier burden on the programmer.

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