Re: 8-byte register values on a 32-bit machine

Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12T21:04:03Z

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> I don't know if it would break or not.
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>> If that's not the current proposal, could you reword it to help
>> eliminate the confusion over what you intend?
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> No one is proposing to leave it broken. To pull up an example from
> earlier in the thread, Andrew broke x86-64 when working on the frame
> changes. It was an accident, and eventually fixed (by Michal Ludvig, I
> might add). I apparently broke long long (in registers) in some of my
> DWARF-2 support patches. I'm working to fix it. I'm only one person
> and I only have so much time.

For this `long long' case, can a simple local tweak that restores
existing behavior (while the new code is finished / tested). That way
the pressure is off you to get this stuff finished quickly instead of
cleanly.

Andrew

PS: Frames vs MIPS is a better example.