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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2015-08-21 16:42:14 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2015-08-21 16:42:14 +0100
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Allow symbol and label names to be enclosed in double quotes.
gas PR gas/18581 * expr.c (get_symbol_end): Rename to get_symbol_name. Add a return parameter pointing to the start of the symbol. Allow symbol names enclosed in double quotes. (restore_line_pointer): New function. Replace the NUL character inserted into the input stream with the given character. If the character was a double quote, advance the input pointer. * expr.h (get_symbol_end): Delete. (get_symbol_name): Add prototype. (restore_line_pointer): Prototype. * read.h (SKIP_WHITESPACE_AFTER_NAME): New macro. * doc/as.texinfo (Symbol Intro): Document that symbol names can now be enclosed in double quotes. * cond.c (s_ifdef): Replace get_symbol_end with get_symbol_name. Use restore_line_pointer to replace the NUL in the input stream. Use SKIP_WHITESPACE_AFTER_NAME to skip past the end of a symbol. Check for the use of double quoted symbol names. * expr.c: Likewise. * config/obj-aout.c: Likewise. * config/obj-coff-seh.c: Likewise. * config/obj-coff.c: Likewise. * config/obj-elf.c: Likewise. * config/obj-evax.c: Likewise. * config/obj-macho.c: Likewise. * config/obj-som.c: Likewise. * config/tc-alpha.c: Likewise. * config/tc-arc.c: Likewise. * config/tc-arm.c: Likewise. * config/tc-dlx.c: Likewise. * config/tc-h8300.c: Likewise. * config/tc-hppa.c: Likewise. * config/tc-i370.c: Likewise. * config/tc-i386-intel.c: Likewise. * config/tc-i386.c: Likewise. * config/tc-i960.c: Likewise. * config/tc-ia64.c: Likewise. * config/tc-iq2000.c: Likewise. * config/tc-m32r.c: Likewise. * config/tc-m68hc11.c: Likewise. * config/tc-m68k.c: Likewise. * config/tc-microblaze.c: Likewise. * config/tc-mips.c: Likewise. * config/tc-mmix.c: Likewise. * config/tc-mn10200.c: Likewise. * config/tc-mn10300.c: Likewise. * config/tc-nios2.c: Likewise. * config/tc-ppc.c: Likewise. * config/tc-s390.c: Likewise. * config/tc-score.c: Likewise. * config/tc-score7.c: Likewise. * config/tc-sparc.c: Likewise. * config/tc-tic4x.c: Likewise. * config/tc-tic54x.c: Likewise. * config/tc-tic6x.c: Likewise. * config/tc-tilegx.c: Likewise. * config/tc-tilepro.c: Likewise. * config/tc-v850.c: Likewise. * config/tc-xtensa.c: Likewise. * config/tc-z80.c: Likewise. * dw2gencfi.c: Likewise. * dwarf2dbgc.: Likewise. * ecoff.c: Likewise. * read.c: Likewise. * stabs.c: Likewise. tests PR gas/18581 * gas/all/byte.d: Disable this test. Quoted expressions are now allowed in .byte directives. * gas/all/quoted-sym-names.s: New test. * gas/all/quoted-sym-names.d: Expected output. * gas/all/gas.exp: Run the new test.
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Changes in 2.26:
+* Symbol and label names can now be enclosed in double quotes (") which allows
+ them to contain characters that are not part of valid symbol names in high
+ level languages.
+
* Added the correctly spelled -march=armv6kz, for ARMv6KZ support. The
previous spelling, -march=armv6zk, is still accepted.