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Re: 8-byte register values on a 32-bit machine


I don't know if it would break or not.


If that's not the current proposal, could you reword it to help
eliminate the confusion over what you intend?



No one is proposing to leave it broken.  To pull up an example from
earlier in the thread, Andrew broke x86-64 when working on the frame
changes.  It was an accident, and eventually fixed (by Michal Ludvig, I
might add).  I apparently broke long long (in registers) in some of my
DWARF-2 support patches.  I'm working to fix it.  I'm only one person
and I only have so much time.

For this `long long' case, can a simple local tweak that restores existing behavior (while the new code is finished / tested). That way the pressure is off you to get this stuff finished quickly instead of cleanly.

Andrew

PS: Frames vs MIPS is a better example.


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