[m-dev.] for review: removing --args simple

[Fergus Henderson]

On 31-May-1999, Zoltan Somogyi <zs at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> > It's true that with this change we are only using one argument passing
> > convention, but that may well change in the future, with high-level C,
> > bytecode, etc.  Many compilers for other languages, e.g. GNU C, MSVC,
> > support multiple calling conventions, with ways for the user to declare
> > that a particular function has a given calling convention.  This is
> > useful in cases where the function is imported, exported, or has its
> > address taken.  I think that the likelihood that we will need an args_method
> > or calling_convention field in proc_infos is quite high.
> 
> However, if we do, the current method of setting it to the right value
> will not be the method that we use now (it will probably be a declaration
> or pragma that modifies an existing proc_info, not a way of creating
> new proc_infos). I don't think that saving this field will make any such
> change later at all easier.

Fair enough.  I'm convinced.

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