[m-dev.] diff: fix for SunOS4.x problem

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.oz.au
Wed Oct 8 17:30:29 AEST 1997


Tyson Richard DOWD, you wrote:
> > runtime/goto.h:
> > 	Use `.type' asm directives on sparcs only if
> > 	MR_BARFS_ON_ASM_TYPE_DIRECTIVE is not defined.
> > 
> 
> It would be nice if the technical term for assembler missing a
> feature wasn't "barf". But I can't think of a better one.

OK, I'll use either MR_CANNOT_GROK_ASM_TYPE_DIRECTIVE
or perhaps (inverting the sense of the test)
MR_SUPPORTS_ASM_TYPE_DIRECTIVE.

> How is INLINE_ASM_ENTRY_LABEL_TYPE defined if MR_BARFS_ON_ASM_TYPE_DIRECTIVE
> is defined? Is that somewhere else?

Yes, the system-independent code below gives it a default empty definition
if it is not defined by the system-dependent code at the top.

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