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Re: [RFC/RFA] Proper mnemonics for VIA PadLock (i386) instructions
Alan Modra dixit:
>a high likelihood of breaking other valid assembly. The gas app.c code
>has a nasty habit of completely removing whitespace once past the
>mnemonic of an instruction, and it can get confused. Something like
>
> addr16 mov -2,%eax
>
>might fail if '-' is a valid mnemonic char.
Can't gas be fixed, then? Sounds like the "obvious" thing to do to me.
Alternatively, we'd need to make a way for a dash to be only
recognised as part of a mnemonic if followed by a letter.
//mirabile