Re: register type as signed or unsigned?

Paul Koning
2006-10-11T01:11:35Z

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:

Jan> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:37:57 +0200, ligang@sunnorth.com.cn
Jan> wrote:
>> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote on 2006-10-10 20:50:02:
Jan> ...
>> > No; in fact, it doesn't make much difference. You should use
>> whichever > is "more natural" for your target instruction set; it
>> will affect > "print $reg" and "info reg".
>>
>> That is to say, whether builtin_type_int32 or builtin_type_uint32
>> is correct for GDB.

Jan> If the register is used as address, use "uint32".

Only if addresses are unsigned. That's the usual case, but MIPS has
the odd convention that addresses are viewed as signed.

paul