Subject: Re: Making the (asm) world safe for modern cpp
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 09/18/2003 13:52:42
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Jason Thorpe wrote:

>
>On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 06:19  PM, Jim Wise wrote:
>
>> That said, given that using -traditional-cpp for .S assembly source
>> pre-processing brings in subtle differences in pre-processor syntax
>> between our c and assembly language source files, is there any reason
>> _we_ should continue to use -traditional-cpp?
>>
>> Are there any platforms where gas/gcc do not provide a
>> modern-cpp-friendly assembly syntax?
>>
>
>Yes.  ARM and SH are two that pop to mind immediately.  ARM was the one
>used to justify continuing traditional preprocessor support in GCC 3.3.

Hmm, okay.

In that case, barring eventual adoption of an alternate syntax for
these, I guess we have to keep doing things this way.

A shame, really.

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				Jim Wise
				jwise@draga.com
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