g++, PROBLEMS WITH STANDARD ASSEMBLER
Jason Patterson
s000623 at kowande.bu.oz.au
Wed May 29 11:40:34 AEST 1991
After installing g++ (and making a lot of small changes
by following the changes needed for gcc) I have discovered a
small but VERY ANOYING problem...
THE STANDARD ASSEMBLER HATES $ SIGNS IN LABELS
This is a problem because all constructors have $ signs put
into their 'mangled' names. So at the moment I can't
compile code that uses constructors (not entirely true, I just
have to compile to assembly code, replace all $ in the assembly
code with something else (like an 'X'), and assemble that)
How can this be corrected? 4 Possible solutions follow...
1 fix the standard assembler to accept $ in labels
(this is the best option, especially since
it seems that most other assemblers DO
ALLOW $ IN LABLELS)
2 use gas (GNU assembler) - has anyone installed
this yet??? What about creating a tm-amix_gas.h
and xm-amix_gas.h???
3 add a phase to the compiler to do a search and
replace!!! (not a good idea)
4 change A LOT of the compiler code so that it uses
something other than $ (what does standard as
accept in labels anyway?) (not a good idea)
Please help me on this one, because I am NOT very experienced
in porting/hacking compilers/assemblers...
MANY THANKS FOR ANY IDEAS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR SOLUTIONS...
Jason Patterson
"To iterate is human, to recurse devine"
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