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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2007-10-04 17:05:37 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2007-10-04 17:05:37 +0000
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* read.c (potable): Add string8, string16, string32 and string64. Add bit size for stringer function.
(stringer_append_char): New. (stringer): Use stringer_append_char(). * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_ident): Add bit size for stringer function. * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_ident): Likewise. * config/tc-alpha.c (s_alpha_stringer): Likewise. * config/tc-dlx.c (dlx_pseudo_table): Likewise. * config/tc-hppa.c (pa_stringer): Likewise. * config/tc-ia64.c (md_pseudo_table, pseudo_opcode): Likewise. * config/tc-m68hc11.c (md_pseudo_table): Likewise. * config/tc-mcore.c (md_pseudo_table): Likewise. * config/tc-mips.c (mips_pseudo_table): Likewise. * config/tc-spu.c (md_pseudo_table): Likewise. * config/tc-s390.c (md_pseudo_table): Likewise. Replace '2' by '1'. * doc/as.texinfo (ABORT): Fix identing. (String): Document new string8, string16, string32, string64 functions. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * testsuite/gas/all/gas.exp: Include new test "strings". * testsuite/gas/all/string.s: New * testsuite/gas/all/string.d: New.
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-*- text -*-
+* Support for generating wide character strings has been added via the new
+ pseudo ops: .string16, .string32 and .string64.
+
* Support for SSE5 has been added to the i386 port.
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