Re: [patch] MIPS/ELF: %call_r/%got_r operators for relocation override

[Richard Sandiford <rsandifo at redhat dot com>]

"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl> writes:
> > I guess the same could be true of the load address stuff as well.
> 
>  I don't think so -- you've had a valid concern about the blind assumption
> of "la $25,foo" being a load of an address associated with a function call
> and it should be removed, but if true, the assumption was a convenient way
> for an assembly programmer to make use of call relocations even if not
> tightly coupled with the following jump.  Since the whole idea of
> synthesized MIPS assembly instructions is to make life easier for assembly
> programmers, providing a replacement for this removed capability seems to
> be the right path. 

Yeah, I see your point.  It probably would be bad faith to just remove
the old functionality without something to replace it.

Richard