On Jun 30, 2014, at 4:10 PM, David Wohlferd <d...@limegreensocks.com> wrote:
>
>>> - Vague descriptions of things that "are reported" to work on certain
>>> platforms are not useful ("On the SPARC, there are reports that").
>> I'd disagree. But what's more important here is the registers that are
>> available are a function of the ABI and for someone to attempt to use this
>> feature, they're going to have to be intimately aware of the ABI of their
>> target.
>
> If we could say "On the SPARC, these registers can be used for" I'd be
> tempted to leave it as an example. But saying "Well, someone once said they
> thought it might work this way on this one specific platform" is not helpful
> for either SPARC or non-SPARC users.
So, we can do s/there are reports that//; s/should be suitable, as should/are
suitable, as are/ and remove the wishy washy language. If someone later wants
to correct the definitive statement in some way, they are welcome to it.
