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Re: _UC_MACHINE_BP



In article <p5g2an$qui$1%blaine.gmane.org@localhost>,
Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> wrote:
>Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>> I propose to add a definition of _UC_MACHINE_BP() across the ports in
>> /usr/include/*/mcontext.h.
>> 
>> BP stands for Base Pointer / Frame Pointer.
>
>Please, s/BP/FP/.  "Frame pointer" is an esablished name and several
>assemblers use "fp" as a register name/alias (e.g. vax, sparc); "base
>pointer" it too vague; clashes with "breakpoint".

Yes, FP is better alhough it clashes with Floating Point :-)

christos



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