Re: m68k : why is bra an alias for braw, not jra

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Philippe,

> In the m68k assembler, I wonder why `bra' and friends are alias for their
> `bxxw' counterparts.

> And if one writes no size specification for a `bra' instruction the assembler
> should be free to choose the most efficient way to generate it, i.e.
> a `brab' if possible of even a `bral' if needed.

> If no-one objects, I'll submit a patch

Please feel free to submit such a patch.  I would recommend however that 
you control the new behaviour with a command line switch as I suspect 
that there will be assembler source files out there that rely upon the 
current behaviour.

Also, if you would like your patch to be accepted into the binutils 
sources you will need to have an FSF copyright assignment in place.

Cheers
  Nick