On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:53:56AM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote: > 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).
That would break the ability to do stuff like: #define BLAH(x,y) mov r0, x; mov t1, y; bl foo which is used widely within kernel and (iirc) glibc sources. (You can't embed newlines in the middle of preprocessor gunk.) In fact, ';' was added specifically so we could build the kernel with the GNU toolchain. _______________________________________________ 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.
