PR gas/3129
* doc/as.texinfo (Macro): Improve documentation about separating macro arguments from following text.
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2006-09-08 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
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PR gas/3129
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* doc/as.texinfo (Macro): Improve documentation about separating
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macro arguments from following text.
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2006-09-08 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
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* config/tc-arm.c (insns): Allow ARM IT pseudo-insn on all cores.
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@ -5001,7 +5001,6 @@ After the definition is complete, you can call the macro either as
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@var{a} and @samp{\p2} evaluating to @var{b}), or as @samp{reserve_str
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,@var{b}} (with @samp{\p1} evaluating as the default, in this case
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@samp{0}, and @samp{\p2} evaluating to @var{b}).
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@end table
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@item .macro m p1:req, p2=0, p3:vararg
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Begin the definition of a macro called @code{m}, with at least three
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@ -5013,21 +5012,72 @@ When you call a macro, you can specify the argument values either by
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position, or by keyword. For example, @samp{sum 9,17} is equivalent to
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@samp{sum to=17, from=9}.
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@end table
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Note that since each of the @var{macargs} can be an identifier exactly
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as any other one permitted by the target architecture, there may be
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occasional problems if the target hand-crafts special meanings to certain
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characters when they occur in a special position. For example, if colon
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characters when they occur in a special position. For example, if the colon
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(@code{:}) is generally permitted to be part of a symbol name, but the
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architecture specific code special-cases it when occuring as the final
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architecture specific code special-cases it when occurring as the final
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character of a symbol (to denote a label), then the macro parameter
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replacement code will have no way of knowing that and consider the whole
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construct (including the colon) an identifier, and check only this
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identifier for being the subject to parameter substitution. In this
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example, besides the potential of just separating identifier and colon
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by white space, using alternate macro syntax (@xref{Altmacro}.) and
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ampersand (@code{&}) as the character to separate literal text from macro
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parameters (or macro parameters from one another) would provide a way to
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achieve the same effect:
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identifier for being the subject to parameter substitution. So for example
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this macro definition:
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@example
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.macro label l
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\l:
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.endm
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@end example
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might not work as expected. Invoking @samp{label foo} might not create a label
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called @samp{foo} but instead just insert the text @samp{\l:} into the
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assembler source, probably generating an error about an unrecognised
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identifier.
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Similarly problems might occur with the period character (@samp{.})
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which is often allowed inside opcode names (and hence identifier names). So
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for example constructing a macro to build an opcode from a base name and a
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length specifier like this:
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@example
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.macro opcode base length
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\base.\length
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.endm
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@end example
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and invoking it as @samp{opcode store l} will not create a @samp{store.l}
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instruction but instead generate some kind of error as the assembler tries to
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interpret the text @samp{\base.\length}.
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There are several possible ways around this problem:
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@table @code
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@item Insert white space
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If it is possible to use white space characters then this is the simplest
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solution. eg:
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@example
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.macro label l
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\l :
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.endm
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@end example
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@item Use @samp{\()}
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The string @samp{\()} can be used to separate the end of a macro argument from
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the following text. eg:
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@example
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.macro opcode base length
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\base\().\length
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.endm
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@end example
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@item Use the alternate macro syntax mode
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In the alternative macro syntax mode the ampersand character (@samp{&}) can be
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used as a separator. eg:
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@example
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.altmacro
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l&:
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.endm
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@end example
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@end table
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This applies identically to the identifiers used in @code{.irp} (@xref{Irp}.)
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and @code{.irpc} (@xref{Irpc}.).
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Note - this problem of correctly identifying string parameters to pseudo ops
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also applies to the identifiers used in @code{.irp} (@xref{Irp}.)
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and @code{.irpc} (@xref{Irpc}.) as well.
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@item .endm
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@cindex @code{endm} directive
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