On Fri, 2021-08-27 at 15:36 -0600, Jeff Law wrote:
> It's easier when someone has to debug the code later.
> enums show up in debug output by default, while #defines do not.
> >
> > switch (mips_isa)
> > {
> > case MIPS_ISA_MIPS1: return "mips1";
> > // ...
> > }
> >
> > It looks better, and (maybe) generates better code. Just my 2 cents
> > though.
> Coding standards would have that as
>
> switch (mips_isa)
> {
> case MIPS_ISA_MIPS_1:
> return "mips1";
> ...
> }
There is some existing code using "case ... : return ..." in one line in
mips.c, so I thought it was standard :(.
> Presumably .module is supported by all reasonably modern versions of
> GAS?
It's added by the commit in binutils-gdb:
> commit 919731affbef19fcad8dddb0a595bb05755cb345
> Author: mfortune <matthew.fort...@imgtec.com>
> Date: Tue May 20 13:28:20 2014 +0100
>
> Add MIPS .module directive
>
So it should be supported since binutils-2.25.
If we want to support old binutils we'll need something like "-fno-mips-
module-directive" and "--without-mips-module-directive". My suggestion
is just bumping the binutils requirement for mips*-*-*.
