[LLVMdev] "masm syntax" for X86 backend
Aaron Gray
aaronngray.lists at googlemail.com
Mon Aug 3 12:04:50 PDT 2009
2009/8/3 Anton Korobeynikov <anton at korobeynikov.info>
> >> Anyway I wll report back when I have a proper overview of the area,
> >> it would be good if you could also look into the problem so contact
> >> me back if you are, also it maybe a good idea to share this with
> >> Anton and Evan.
> >
> > I already spoke to anton. The MASM support is clearly broken, it
> > generates .s files with typos for the directives and has other
> > problems. Anton thinks it should be removed.
> The reason is pretty simple: masm is too weak to support anything
> non-trivial and unfortunatley there is no simple way to fix the stuff.
>
The strainge thing is I believe VisualStudio can generate code through it
!:)
Anyway I agree cut it for now as it is non functonal.
Aaron
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