[Bug inline-asm/35340] New: Space around the operator of a macro definition gives "too many positional arguments" when compiling an .S file

[aparna dot upadhya at gmail dot com]

Hi,

I am trying to compile bootrom on power PC (8360) for vxWorks (version 5.4).
When compiling romInit.S I am getting following errors

./romInit.s:437: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:453: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:453: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:457: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:457: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:481: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:481: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:485: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:485: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:500: Error: too many positional arguments
../romInit.s:500: Error: too many positional arguments

The reason is it is not taking space around the operator in a macro definition 
ex:

li r3, A

where as A is defined as 

#define A (a + b)

looks like we need to remove spaces around operator 

#define A (a+b)

I can write a script to remove this. But this will reduce visibility

Is there any fix for this problem in later versions?

thanks
aparna


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           Summary: Space around the operator of a macro definition gives
                    "too many positional arguments" when compiling an .S
                    file
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.4.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P3
         Component: inline-asm
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: aparna dot upadhya at gmail dot com


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35340