Re: why remove -mrnames option

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why remove -mrnames option
\ Eric Fisher (18 Apr 2008)
. \ Jim Wilson (18 Apr 2008)

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Subject:	Re: why remove -mrnames option
Group:	Gcc-help
From:	Jim Wilson
Date:	18 Apr 2008

Eric Fisher wrote:
> anyone can tell me, why should we remove -mrnames option?

Presumably you mean the MIPS port -mrnames option. It was removed here
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-07/msg01314.html

The option wasn't very useful, since it emitted assembly code that only
one known assembler could handle, and didn't provide any clear benefit.

Jim