[Bug gas/2848] macro name syntax changed

[zippel at linux-m68k dot org]

------- Additional Comments From zippel at linux-m68k dot org  2006-07-26 11:21 
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(In reply to comment #3)

> OK, so presumably a workaround is to provide individual macros with the 
> names "foo.b", "foo.w" and so on, rather than just one macro.

This is not possible, if it has to work with various versions of binutils.

> Hmm, well the change was to make macros names consistent with other 
> names.  ie if string was a valid name for a (pseudo) opcode or a label, 
> then it could also be a valid name for a macro.  I appreciate however 
> that this did break backwards compatibility.

What's the point of making this "consistent"?
At least for m68k the old rules made more sense and should be the default here.



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