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Re: PATCH: Replace rex64XYZ with rex.WRXB

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 06:04:11AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 07:50:17AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > >BTW, will '.' in mnemonic be a problem?
> > 
> > The only thing I'm afraid of here (but that applied already when . was added
> > to identifier_chars) is that in Intel syntax, . is an operator (although I think
> > the support for this is currently at best partly working).
> 
> Do we have some testcases?
> 

I can image that '.' in identifier may cause problem for operator
parsing. Isn't mnemonic parsing done before all complex Intel syntax
work? Also '.' is allowed in directives and labels. I don't see how
'.' in mnemonic will impact Intel syntax.


H.J.
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