[LLVMdev] "masm syntax" for X86 backend

[Chris Lattner]

On Aug 3, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:

> 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 !:)

No, it doesn't, it writes .o files directly iiuc.

-Chris

>
> Anyway I agree cut it for now as it is non functonal.
>
> Aaron
>
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