Re: Please, really, make `-masm=intel` the default for x86

[Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 1:03 PM LIU Hao via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>
> 在 2022/11/25 17:32, Jakub Jelinek 写道:
> > So just use -masm=intel yourself and don't force it on others.
> >
> > Other people are familiar with AT&T syntax rather than Intel syntax,
> > in fact, as history shows, Intel syntax is a second class citizen that often
> > takes years to fix up for new instructions.  The memory size prefixes for
> > certain vector instructions are complete lottery and has been changed by the
> > assembler over time.
> >
> > And more importantly, various valid sources aren't really compilable at all
> > with Intel syntax, see https://gcc.gnu.org/PR53929 and dups for some details.
> >
>
> Well, if that's your decision, fair enough. I can maintain my own distribution.
>
> Patch attached [1]; bootstrapped on {x86_64,1686}-w64-mingw32 without any issues so far.

it would be also possible to at a configure time choice, or one driven
by config.gcc (thus
*mingw* could default to intel syntax if they like).

Richard.

>
> [1]
> https://github.com/lhmouse/MINGW-packages/blob/gcc-13/mingw-w64-gcc/9000-Deprecate-the-nonsense-AT-T-synax.patch
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> LIU Hao
>