In article <p5g2an$qui$1...@blaine.gmane.org>, Valery Ushakov <u...@stderr.spb.ru> wrote: >Kamil Rytarowski <n...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> I propose to add a definition of _UC_MACHINE_BP() across the ports in >> /usr/include/*/mcontext.h. >> >> BP stands for Base Pointer / Frame Pointer. > >Please, s/BP/FP/. "Frame pointer" is an esablished name and several >assemblers use "fp" as a register name/alias (e.g. vax, sparc); "base >pointer" it too vague; clashes with "breakpoint".
Yes, FP is better alhough it clashes with Floating Point :-) christos
