On Mon, 8 May 2000, Richard Earnshaw wrote:

>   /* NetBSD uses the old PCC style aggregate returning conventions. */
>   #undef DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN
>   #define DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN 1
> 
>   /* Although not normally relevant (since by default, all aggregates
>      are returned in memory) compiling some parts of libc requires
>      non-APCS style struct returns.  */
>   #undef RETURN_IN_MEMORY
> 
> Get rid of both of these (backwards compatibility hacks).  There are some 
> changes you will have to make to get the softfloat to compile (it makes 
> some broken assumptions about structure returning), but it is better to be 
> rid of this deviation from the standard compiler.

Removing those doesn't _seem_ to have stopped softfloat working.  I notice
that its Makefile.inc forces it to be built with -freg-struct-return, so
the compiler's default opinion on the matter may be moot.

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
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