Re: [PATCH 1/2]: configure: use the .set directive when testing for .weak

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Tuesday, September 21, 2010 19:50:46 Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 11:49 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > there is clear documentation that the "sym = foo" syntax does not
> > work for all ports, but ".set sym, foo" does.
> 
> Which would of course be a lie, since at least MIPS and Alpha
> use ".set" to control various assembler settings.  E.g.
> 
> 	.set macro
> 	.set noreorder

"lie" generally implies intention which hardly is here.  my point was that 
"sym = foo" does not work for everyone and the assumption that it does is 
clearly invalid.
-mike

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