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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