This is the mail archive of the
binutils@sources.redhat.com
mailing list for the binutils project.
Re: Changes To Fixup Saving, Restoring and Swapping
Hi -
jhealy wrote:
: I don't have any particular use for [the KEEP_* options] myself
: at this point. [...] Just out of curiosity though, why don't
: you want it in there? [...]
It complicates the code, and pollutes the name space a little bit.
More importantly, it's an option that a new program will be forced
to spend time trying to understand and avoid. Until it's shown
to be helpful, I would like to not even have to consider it.
(If you like, leave a comment behind in the code, as a reminder.)
It's like seeing forty five types of green salad on a restaurant
menu, when the hungry masses all like the same one.
- FChE
PGP signature