INTEL_SYNTAX and i386.md
Jeffrey A Law
law@cygnus.com
Sun Oct 25 13:53:00 GMT 1998
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
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