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Re: [PATCH] x86: allow 1- and 0-operand forms of fcomip and fucomip


>I really don't like those x87 gas extensions. It makes it harder to look them
>up in IA32/Intel64 SDM. I don't think we should add more unless we can't
>live without them.

So ease of porting code from other assemblers doesn't count? Also, other
than what's in gas already, this patch only adds alternative forms (aliases)
with less operands, so lookup in manuals isn't affected - you still look for
the same opcode.

Jan


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