[PATCH] [AArch64] Add add/sub/cmp/cmn aliases to MC AsmParser

[Jim Grosbach]

Hi Arnaud,

Does the ARM ARM specify these aliases? I can’t find them, if so, but it’s not always the most readable document, so I could just be missing it.

-Jim

> On Jul 11, 2014, at 5:28 AM, Arnaud A. de Grandmaison <arnaud.degrandmaison at arm.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, the title says it all.
>  
> This patch teaches the AsmParser to accept some add/sub/cmp/cmn with
> negative immediate operand and convert them as shown:
>  
>   add  Rd, Rn, -imm -> sub  Rd, Rn, imm
>   sub  Rd, Rn, -imm -> add  Rd, Rn, imm
>   adds Rd, Rn, -imm -> subs Rd, Rn, imm
>   subs Rd, Rn, -imm -> adds Rd, Rn, imm
>   cmp  Rn, -imm     -> cmn  Rn, imm
>   cmn  Rn, -imm     -> cmp  Rn, imm
>  
> Those instructions are an alternate syntax available to assembly coders,
> and are needed in order to support code already compiling with some other
> assemblers.
>  
> OK to commit ?
>  
> Cheers,
> --
> Arnaud A. de Grandmaison
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