> Hi Guys, > > GAS for the ARM currently supports ';' as a line separator character > and '@' as a line comment character. Would anyone object to my > changing this so that ';' was also a line comment character and > dropping the support for multiple instructions on a single line ? > (Or else choosing a different character for a line separator). > > The reason is for compatibility with ARM's assembler which uses ';' > as the comment character. (It would be nice to drop '@' as a > comment character since this is used in ELF .section directives, but > I suspect that there is far too much ARM assembly code out there for > this to be feasible). > > Cheers > Nick >
This would silently break any file that relied on it. In particular, I believe ';' is the only supported statement separator, so I think removing it would make #define macros in assembly files that need to generate more than one statement impossible. It would certainly break NetBSD's support code. R _______________________________________________ http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php Please visit the above addresses for information on this list.
