[Bug gas/2848] New: macro name syntax changed

[zippel at linux-m68k dot org]

Until at least 2.15 as accepted a macro like this:

        .macro  foo size,arg,arg2
        move\size       \arg,\arg2
        .endm

        foo.l           %d0,%d1

Sometimes after that the syntax changed to include the dot into the name and
this breaks code that was working nicely before. The Linux/m68k uses the macro
like this.

Currently I use this simple patch to work around the problem:

diff -u -p -r1.44 macro.c
--- macro.c     7 Jun 2006 11:27:57 -0000       1.44
+++ macro.c     26 Jun 2006 22:07:33 -0000
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ check_macro (const char *line, sb *expan
     return 0;

   s = line + 1;
-  while (is_part_of_name (*s))
+  while (is_part_of_name (*s) && *s != '.')
     ++s;
   if (is_name_ender (*s))
     ++s;

Another alternative is to restore the old behaviour, which only accepts
alphanumeric characters and '_'/'$'.

-- 
           Summary: macro name syntax changed
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.18 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gas
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: zippel at linux-m68k dot org
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
 GCC build triplet: m68k-linux
  GCC host triplet: m68k-linux
GCC target triplet: m68k-linux


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2848

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