On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:42:08AM +0900, Mikiya Matsuzaka wrote: > `(const:M EXP)' > Represents a constant that is the result of an assembly-time > arithmetic computation. The operand, EXP, is an expression that > contains only constants (`const_int', `symbol_ref' and `label_ref' > expressions) combined with `plus' and `minus'. However, not all > combinations are valid, since the assembler cannot do arbitrary > arithmetic on relocatable symbols. > > M should be `Pmode'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Are there any plan to implement this facility as an extension to > object file format? > > I don't know the fact but I suppose why linker was originally > invented was to promise user to recompile only modified .c files, > and this principal was broken with object oriented programming.
If you are proposing extensions to object file formats or the linker, you're on the wrong list. Try the binutils list.
