Re: [SH] regs command

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@codesourcery.com>]

On Thu, 17 May 2012, Mark Kettenis wrote:

> >  So here it is, this change moves *_tdep initialisers to the end while 
> > otherwise keeping the order the same (IOW within the two groups the order 
> > remains the same as before).  I've checked it against autoconf's tool
> > portability list and also verified it with Solaris sed to make sure 
> > there are no surprises.
> 
> Sorry, but we've always considered it a mistake to rely on a specific
> order of running the initialization functions.  Implicit dependencies
> between modules like that really are a bad idea.

 What's the technical reason and what do you propose as the alternative?  
Personally I see no problems with a hierarchical structure of initialisers 
as long as the hierarchy is well-defined so that people can rely on that.  
I can give you a name of a complex project that works very well with such 
an arrangement, and they actually have as many as eight levels.

  Maciej