From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 20:25:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/as.texinfo (Statements): Remove paragraph discussing X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=20489f152fc8c4541e4a32bc65378972c810c01a;p=binutils-gdb.git * doc/as.texinfo (Statements): Remove paragraph discussing continuing lines with a backslash. This hasn't worked for years, if it ever did. --- diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index be85c7b9e0f..d4ccea32fe1 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Thu Jul 2 16:24:58 1998 Ian Lance Taylor + + * doc/as.texinfo (Statements): Remove paragraph discussing + continuing lines with a backslash. This hasn't worked for years, + if it ever did. + Thu Jul 2 14:06:22 1998 Klaus Kaempf * obj-vms.c: Add C++ support with ctors/dtors sections. Add weak diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 00a5f91f33f..a07b9733090 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -1646,16 +1646,6 @@ exception: they do not end statements. It is an error to end any statement with end-of-file: the last character of any input file should be a newline.@refill -@cindex continuing statements -@cindex multi-line statements -@cindex statement on multiple lines -You may write a statement on more than one line if you put a -backslash (@kbd{\}) immediately in front of any newlines within the -statement. When @code{@value{AS}} reads a backslashed newline both -characters are ignored. You can even put backslashed newlines in -the middle of symbol names without changing the meaning of your -source program. - An empty statement is allowed, and may include whitespace. It is ignored. @cindex instructions and directives @@ -3571,7 +3561,8 @@ in @sc{ieee} format. is ignored unless the file is assembled with debugging enabled. Only @samp{--gstabs} is currently supported. @var{label} is the entry point of the function and if omitted @var{name} -is used. +prepended with the @samp{leading char} is used. +@samp{leading char} is usually @code{_} or nothing, depending on the target. All functions are currently defined to have @code{void} return type. The function must be terminated with @code{.endfunc}.