[llvm-commits] [llvm] r125595 - in /llvm/trunk: lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp test/MC/AsmParser/exprs.s test/MC/AsmParser/paren.s

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:47:22AM -0800, Jim Grosbach wrote:
> > AT&T syntax doesn't care about [], I think. Intel syntax is messy as best,
> > but if it could only need a virtual override.
> 
> What about other targets? ARM, MIPS, etc.. shouldn't accept
> bracket-as-parens expressions unless that's part of their documented syntax.

Do we really want to repeat the mistakes of GNU as? Having a slightly
different assembler syntax on every platforms just sucks. So unless
there is a very good reason, I would strongly discourage having such
diversity.

Joerg