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Diffstat (limited to 'gas/expr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/expr.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -2388,12 +2388,17 @@ resolve_expression (expressionS *expressionP) here lessens the crowd at read.c. Assume input_line_pointer is at start of symbol name, or the - start of a double quote enclosed symbol name. - Advance input_line_pointer past symbol name. - Turn that character into a '\0', returning its former value, - which may be the closing double quote. + start of a double quote enclosed symbol name. Advance + input_line_pointer past symbol name. Turn that character into a '\0', + returning its former value, which may be the closing double quote. + This allows a string compare (RMS wants symbol names to be strings) - of the symbol name. + of the symbol name. + + NOTE: The input buffer is further altered when adjacent strings are + concatenated by the function. Callers caring about the original buffer + contents will need to make a copy before calling here. + There will always be a char following symbol name, because all good lines end in end-of-line. */ |