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Re: [PATCH] Get rid of ASM_SIZE_DIRECTIVE
- From: Marek Polacek <polacek at redhat dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos_odonell at mentor dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, libc-ports <libc-ports at sourceware dot org>, Kaz Kojima <kkojima at rr dot iij4u dot or dot jp>, Andreas Krebbel <krebbel at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:22:09 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Get rid of ASM_SIZE_DIRECTIVE
- References: <20120917141912.GE1265@redhat.com><50573BD6.50807@mentor.com>
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:03:50AM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> Did we agree that it's easier to read ".size ..." and that a macro for this is just superfluous?
Since we only support ELF, and we got rid of ASM_GLOBAL_DIRECTIVE,
and ASM_TYPE_DIRECTIVE{,_PREFIX}, removal of ASM_SIZE_DIRECTIVE,
which is also remnant from not-only-ELF era now, looks like another
logical step.
Marek