Please, really, make `-masm=intel` the default for x86

[LIU Hao]

在 2022/11/25 17:32, Jakub Jelinek 写道:
> So just use -masm=intel yourself and don't force it on others.
> 
> Other people are familiar with AT&T syntax rather than Intel syntax,
> in fact, as history shows, Intel syntax is a second class citizen that often
> takes years to fix up for new instructions.  The memory size prefixes for
> certain vector instructions are complete lottery and has been changed by the
> assembler over time.
> 
> And more importantly, various valid sources aren't really compilable at all
> with Intel syntax, see https://gcc.gnu.org/PR53929 and dups for some details.
> 

Well, if that's your decision, fair enough. I can maintain my own distribution.

Patch attached [1]; bootstrapped on {x86_64,1686}-w64-mingw32 without any issues so far.


[1] 
https://github.com/lhmouse/MINGW-packages/blob/gcc-13/mingw-w64-gcc/9000-Deprecate-the-nonsense-AT-T-synax.patch


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Best regards,
LIU Hao

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