[LLVMdev] ARM assembler's syntax in clang

[ashi]

Hi, Jim,
Why "asm" name is a horrible hack? Do you have any suggestion for cross-platform support of my ARM assembly code?

Thanks!
ashi
On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:00 AM, Jim Grosbach <grosbach at apple.com> wrote:

> You were correct the first time. That post is talking about a Windows target. Ashi is working on iOS. Underscores are normal and expected. Using an "asm" name on the symbol is a horrible hack. Adding the underscore to the name in the .s file is the correct solution.
> 
> -Jim
> 
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Tyler Hardin <tghardin1 at catamount.wcu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> So it turns out that I was wrong. It, in fact, is not standard. But regardless, you can use asm to specify the exact name. Eg.
>> 
>> extern int func() asm("func");
>> 
>> You can read more here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1034852/adding-leading-underscores-to-assembly-symbols-with-gcc-on-win32
>> Despite the title of the thread, the solution is compiler and system independent.
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