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

[LIU Hao <lh_mouse@126.com>]

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在 2022/11/25 15:37, Hi-Angel 写道:
> Why? A default is merely a default. I don't really see why changing
> that should help you specifically. A decision "which assembly syntax
> to use" is one that makes a project like ones you're contributing to,
> not GCC. If they decided to use AT&T syntax, they won't switch to
> Intel just because a compiler toolchain has changed their default.
> 

There's a lot more than that. The AT&T syntax usually surprises people; and more importantly, for 
miserable beginners on GCC inline assembly, they can't start learning from official Intel 
documentation, but have to learn from some non-standard, insane and incompatible dialect. That's 
just too unfortunate.

The AT&T syntax should really die out, but if it is kept the default, that is never going to happen.


> If you care specifically about the projects you are contributing to,
> then those are the ones whom you need to convince to switch to "intel"
> assembly syntax, not the GCC developers. Because as I said, changing a
> default in GCC will hardly make any change to those other projects.

That is a poor reason for putting up with a piece of 50-year-old evilness and refusing to move 
forward. Upgrading the compiler is always a big change, and updating sources should be expected, 
when we take `-Werror` into account.


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Best regards,
LIU Hao


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