Hi,
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:21:01 +0300
Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Some code relating to x86 and x86-64 differs only in regards to register
> > width. This change makes it possible to specify registers by word-size
> > independent names, thus allowing for generic code while keeping the
> > compatibilities visible.
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 17:25 +0200, Arthur Huillet wrote:
> I do not love this change.
<snip>
> Eduard: I suggested aliasing REG_EAX and REG_RAX instead of using a new
> symbolic name.
> Is there anything wrong with this approach?
I think Arthur's suggestion is fine as REG_EAX is just an alias for
(part of) REG_RAX on 64-bit. So you can never allocate REG_EAX and
REG_RAX at the same time anyway.
Pekka
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