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Re: as/i386 all versions a bit too permissive with ins/outs/lods/stos

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
Cc: Etienne Lorrain <etienne_lorrain at yahoo dot fr>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:48:49 +0930
Subject: Re: as/i386 all versions a bit too permissive with ins/outs/lods/stos
References: <20020517144016.17688.qmail@web11805.mail.yahoo.com> <20020518051859.GR2423@bubble.sa.bigpond.net.au> <20020518145132.A27746@redhat.com>

On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 02:51:32PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> That's silly.  Yes, allow the explicit operands for documentation,
> but no do not allow invalid operands.

Of course it's silly, particularly in AT&T mode.  But intel mode
assemblers allow a memory operand like "BYTE PTR buffer", and I've
seen assembly that used exactly that.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

References:
- as/i386 all versions a bit too permissive with ins/outs/lods/stos
  - From: Etienne Lorrain
- Re: as/i386 all versions a bit too permissive with ins/outs/lods/stos
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: as/i386 all versions a bit too permissive with ins/outs/lods/stos
  - From: Richard Henderson

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