MS/CW-style inline assembly for GCC

[Stan Shebs]

Mike Stump wrote:

>> Oh, really?
>>     int x, y;
>>     asm {
>>       addi x, y, 3
>>     };
>
>
> I find the above easier on my brain and easier to remember than gcc's 
> current syntax.  This is the main reason that I don't think adding 
> support for this style inline asm would be a bad thing.
>
> Currently, whenever I want to write any inline asm, I have to go find 
> a snippet to cut and paste, and then I have to puzzle out what 
> constraint to use, which order the arguments go in, how to get the 
> syntax just right...  It just seems way harder than it should be.
>
> I'd rather gcc `know' how to get the details right.
>
> Hey, Stan, did you tell them about the code that transforms SSE2 
> instructions in inline assembly into altivec instructions on the fly?

Not yet, because it's sekrit.

:-)

Stan