* Makefile.in (*_FOR_TARGET, INSTALL_XFORM, install, uninstall): Rewrite
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fecd2382 1/* as.h - global header file
3340f7e5 2 Copyright (C) 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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a39116f1 4 This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
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6 GAS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
6efd877d 10
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11 GAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
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16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with GAS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
18 the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
fecd2382 19
7f955c18 20#ifndef GAS
fecd2382 21#define GAS 1
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22/*
23 * I think this stuff is largely out of date. xoxorich.
24 *
25 * CAPITALISED names are #defined.
26 * "lowercaseH" is #defined if "lowercase.h" has been #include-d.
27 * "lowercaseT" is a typedef of "lowercase" objects.
28 * "lowercaseP" is type "pointer to object of type 'lowercase'".
29 * "lowercaseS" is typedef struct ... lowercaseS.
30 *
31 * #define DEBUG to enable all the "know" assertion tests.
68878ef1 32 * #define SUSPECT when debugging hash code.
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33 * #define COMMON as "extern" for all modules except one, where you #define
34 * COMMON as "".
35 * If TEST is #defined, then we are testing a module: #define COMMON as "".
36 */
37
38/* These #defines are for parameters of entire assembler. */
39
b11fb939 40/* For some systems, this is required to be first. */
a48f997a 41#include "libiberty/alloca-conf.h"
fecd2382 42
b11fb939 43/* Now, tend to the rest of the configuration. */
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44#include "config.h"
45
b11fb939 46/* System include files first... */
fecd2382 47#include <stdio.h>
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48#include <ctype.h>
49#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
50#include <string.h>
51#else
52#include <strings.h>
53#endif
54#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
55#include <stdlib.h>
56#endif
57#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
58#include <unistd.h>
59#endif
60#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
61/* for size_t, pid_t */
62#include <sys/types.h>
63#endif
64
65/* Some systems do declare this, but this seems to be the universal
66 declaration, though the parameter type varies. (It ought to use
67 `const' but many systems prototype it without.) Include it here
68 for systems that don't declare it. If conflicts arise, just add
69 another autoconf test... */
70extern char *strdup (/* const char * */);
71
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72#include <getopt.h>
73/* The first getopt value for machine-independent long options.
74 150 isn't special; it's just an arbitrary non-ASCII char value. */
75#define OPTION_STD_BASE 150
76/* The first getopt value for machine-dependent long options.
77 170 gives the standard options room to grow. */
78#define OPTION_MD_BASE 170
79
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80#ifdef DEBUG
81#undef NDEBUG
82#endif
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83/* Handle lossage with assert.h. */
84#ifndef BROKEN_ASSERT
fecd2382 85#include <assert.h>
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86#else /* BROKEN_ASSERT */
87#ifndef NDEBUG
88#define assert(p) ((p) ? 0 : (abort(), 0))
89#else
90#define assert(p) ((p), 0)
91#endif
92#endif /* BROKEN_ASSERT */
c593cf41 93
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94
95/* Now GNU header files... */
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96#include <ansidecl.h>
97#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
98#include <bfd.h>
99#endif
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100
101#ifdef WANT_FOPEN_BIN
102#include "fopen-bin.h"
103#else
104#include "fopen-same.h"
105#endif
106
107/* This doesn't get taken care of by ansidecl.h. */
108#if !defined (__STDC__) && !defined (volatile)
109#define volatile
110#endif
111
112/* This doesn't get taken care of anywhere. */
113#if !defined (__GNUC__) && !defined (inline)
114#define inline
115#endif
116
117/* Other stuff from config.h. */
118#ifdef NEED_MALLOC_DECLARATION
119extern PTR malloc ();
120extern PTR realloc ();
121#endif
122#ifdef NEED_FREE_DECLARATION
123extern void free ();
124#endif
125
126#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
127/* This one doesn't get declared, but we're using it anyways. This
128 should be fixed -- either it's part of the external interface or
129 it's not. */
130extern PTR bfd_alloc_by_size_t PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t sz));
131#endif
68878ef1 132
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133/* Make Saber happier on obstack.h. */
134#ifdef SABER
135#undef __PTR_TO_INT
136#define __PTR_TO_INT(P) ((int)(P))
137#undef __INT_TO_PTR
138#define __INT_TO_PTR(P) ((char *)(P))
139#endif
140
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141#ifndef __LINE__
142#define __LINE__ "unknown"
143#endif /* __LINE__ */
144
145#ifndef __FILE__
146#define __FILE__ "unknown"
147#endif /* __FILE__ */
148
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149#ifndef __STDC__
150#ifndef const
151#define const
152#endif
153#ifndef volatile
154#define volatile
155#endif
156#endif /* ! __STDC__ */
157
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158#if !defined (__GNUC__) && !defined (inline)
159#define inline
160#endif
161
7f955c18 162#ifndef FOPEN_WB
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163#ifdef GO32
164#include "fopen-bin.h"
165#else
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166#include "fopen-same.h"
167#endif
b11fb939 168#endif
7f955c18 169
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170#define obstack_chunk_alloc xmalloc
171#define obstack_chunk_free xfree
fecd2382 172
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173#define xfree free
174
b17c891e 175#define BAD_CASE(val) \
a39116f1 176{ \
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177 as_fatal("Case value %ld unexpected at line %d of file \"%s\"\n", \
178 (long) val, __LINE__, __FILE__); \
a39116f1 179 }
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181/* Version 2.1 of Solaris had problems with this declaration, but I
182 think that bug has since been fixed. If it causes problems on your
183 system, just delete it. */
184extern char *strstr ();
fecd2382 185\f
b11fb939 186#include "flonum.h"
6efd877d 187
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188/* These are assembler-wide concepts */
189
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190#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
191extern bfd *stdoutput;
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192typedef bfd_vma addressT;
193typedef bfd_signed_vma offsetT;
194#else
195typedef unsigned long addressT;
196typedef long offsetT;
68878ef1 197#endif
fecd2382 198
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199/* Type of symbol value, etc. For use in prototypes. */
200typedef addressT valueT;
201
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202#ifndef COMMON
203#ifdef TEST
204#define COMMON /* declare our COMMONs storage here. */
205#else
206#define COMMON extern /* our commons live elswhere */
207#endif
208#endif
a39116f1 209/* COMMON now defined */
c8c7e0bf 210
fecd2382 211#ifdef DEBUG
ace68c4e 212#ifndef know
fecd2382 213#define know(p) assert(p) /* Verify our assumptions! */
ace68c4e 214#endif /* not yet defined */
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215#else
216#define know(p) /* know() checks are no-op.ed */
217#endif
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218\f
219/* input_scrub.c */
220
221/*
222 * Supplies sanitised buffers to read.c.
223 * Also understands printing line-number part of error messages.
224 */
fecd2382 225\f
6efd877d 226
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227/* subsegs.c Sub-segments. Also, segment(=expression type)s.*/
228
68878ef1 229#ifndef BFD_ASSEMBLER
ace68c4e 230
58721107 231#ifdef MANY_SEGMENTS
c8c7e0bf 232#include "bfd.h"
ace68c4e 233#define N_SEGMENTS 10
58721107 234#define SEG_NORMAL(x) ((x) >= SEG_E0 && (x) <= SEG_E9)
ace68c4e 235#define SEG_LIST SEG_E0,SEG_E1,SEG_E2,SEG_E3,SEG_E4,SEG_E5,SEG_E6,SEG_E7,SEG_E8,SEG_E9
ada269da 236#define SEG_TEXT SEG_E0
68878ef1 237#define SEG_DATA SEG_E1
ada269da 238#define SEG_BSS SEG_E2
58721107 239#else
ace68c4e 240#define N_SEGMENTS 3
58721107 241#define SEG_NORMAL(x) ((x) == SEG_TEXT || (x) == SEG_DATA || (x) == SEG_BSS)
ace68c4e 242#define SEG_LIST SEG_TEXT,SEG_DATA,SEG_BSS
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244
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245typedef enum _segT
246 {
247 SEG_ABSOLUTE = 0,
248 SEG_LIST,
249 SEG_UNKNOWN,
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250 SEG_GOOF, /* Only happens if AS has a logic error. */
251 /* Invented so we don't crash printing */
252 /* error message involving weird segment. */
58d4951d 253 SEG_EXPR, /* Intermediate expression values. */
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254 SEG_DEBUG, /* Debug segment */
255 SEG_NTV, /* Transfert vector preload segment */
256 SEG_PTV, /* Transfert vector postload segment */
b17c891e 257 SEG_REGISTER /* Mythical: a register-valued expression */
6efd877d 258 } segT;
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259
260#define SEG_MAXIMUM_ORDINAL (SEG_REGISTER)
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261#else
262typedef asection *segT;
263#define SEG_NORMAL(SEG) ((SEG) != absolute_section \
264 && (SEG) != undefined_section \
68878ef1 265 && (SEG) != reg_section \
58d4951d 266 && (SEG) != expr_section)
68878ef1 267#endif
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268typedef int subsegT;
269
a39116f1 270/* What subseg we are accreting now? */
7f2cb270 271COMMON subsegT now_subseg;
fecd2382 272
a39116f1 273/* Segment our instructions emit to. */
7f2cb270 274COMMON segT now_seg;
fecd2382 275
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276#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
277#define segment_name(SEG) bfd_get_section_name (stdoutput, SEG)
278#else
b17c891e 279extern char *const seg_name[];
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280#define segment_name(SEG) seg_name[(int) (SEG)]
281#endif
282
283#ifndef BFD_ASSEMBLER
fecd2382 284extern int section_alignment[];
68878ef1 285#endif
fecd2382 286
68878ef1 287#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
58d4951d 288extern segT reg_section, expr_section;
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289/* Shouldn't these be eliminated someday? */
290extern segT text_section, data_section, bss_section;
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291#define absolute_section bfd_abs_section_ptr
292#define undefined_section bfd_und_section_ptr
68878ef1 293#else
68878ef1 294#define reg_section SEG_REGISTER
58d4951d 295#define expr_section SEG_EXPR
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296#define text_section SEG_TEXT
297#define data_section SEG_DATA
298#define bss_section SEG_BSS
299#define absolute_section SEG_ABSOLUTE
300#define undefined_section SEG_UNKNOWN
301#endif
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302
303/* relax() */
304
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305typedef enum _relax_state
306 {
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307 /* Variable chars to be repeated fr_offset times.
308 Fr_symbol unused. Used with fr_offset == 0 for a
309 constant length frag. */
310 rs_fill = 1,
6efd877d 311
98c6bbbe 312 /* Align: Fr_offset: power of 2. Variable chars: fill pattern. */
7f2cb270 313 rs_align,
6efd877d 314
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315 /* Org: Fr_offset, fr_symbol: address. 1 variable char: fill
316 character. */
317 rs_org,
6efd877d 318
b17c891e 319 rs_machine_dependent
6efd877d 320
fecd2382 321#ifndef WORKING_DOT_WORD
7f2cb270 322 /* JF: gunpoint */
b17c891e 323 , rs_broken_word
fecd2382 324#endif
6efd877d 325 } relax_stateT;
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326
327/* typedef unsigned char relax_substateT; */
328/* JF this is more likely to leave the end of a struct frag on an align
329 boundry. Be very careful with this. */
330typedef unsigned long relax_substateT;
331
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332/* Enough bits for address, but still an integer type.
333 Could be a problem, cross-assembling for 64-bit machines. */
b17c891e 334typedef addressT relax_addressT;
fecd2382 335\f
6efd877d 336
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337/* frags.c */
338
339/*
340 * A code fragment (frag) is some known number of chars, followed by some
341 * unknown number of chars. Typically the unknown number of chars is an
342 * instruction address whose size is yet unknown. We always know the greatest
343 * possible size the unknown number of chars may become, and reserve that
344 * much room at the end of the frag.
345 * Once created, frags do not change address during assembly.
346 * We chain the frags in (a) forward-linked list(s). The object-file address
347 * of the 1st char of a frag is generally not known until after relax().
348 * Many things at assembly time describe an address by {object-file-address
349 * of a particular frag}+offset.
6efd877d 350
fecd2382 351 BUG: it may be smarter to have a single pointer off to various different
6efd877d 352 notes for different frag kinds. See how code pans
fecd2382 353 */
68878ef1 354struct frag
fecd2382 355{
7f2cb270 356 /* Object file address. */
b17c891e 357 addressT fr_address;
68878ef1 358 /* Chain forward; ascending address order. Rooted in frch_root. */
7f2cb270 359 struct frag *fr_next;
6efd877d 360
68878ef1 361 /* (Fixed) number of chars we know we have. May be 0. */
b17c891e 362 offsetT fr_fix;
68878ef1 363 /* (Variable) number of chars after above. May be 0. */
b17c891e 364 offsetT fr_var;
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365 /* For variable-length tail. */
366 struct symbol *fr_symbol;
367 /* For variable-length tail. */
b17c891e 368 offsetT fr_offset;
68878ef1 369 /* Points to opcode low addr byte, for relaxation. */
7f2cb270 370 char *fr_opcode;
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371
372#ifndef NO_LISTING
373 struct list_info_struct *line;
374#endif
375
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376 /* What state is my tail in? */
377 relax_stateT fr_type;
6efd877d 378 relax_substateT fr_subtype;
7f2cb270 379
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380 /* These are needed only on the NS32K machines. But since we don't
381 include targ-cpu.h until after this structure has been defined,
382 we can't really conditionalize it. This code should be
383 rearranged a bit to make that possible.
68878ef1 384
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385 In the meantime, if we get stuck like this with any other target,
386 create a union here. */
387 char fr_pcrel_adjust, fr_bsr;
388
389 /* Data begins here. */
7f2cb270 390 char fr_literal[1];
fecd2382 391};
6efd877d 392
fecd2382 393#define SIZEOF_STRUCT_FRAG \
e9296bdb 394((char *)zero_address_frag.fr_literal-(char *)&zero_address_frag)
a39116f1 395/* We want to say fr_literal[0] above. */
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396
397typedef struct frag fragS;
398
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399/* Current frag we are building. This frag is incomplete. It is, however,
400 included in frchain_now. The fr_fix field is bogus; instead, use:
401 obstack_next_free(&frags)-frag_now->fr_literal. */
402COMMON fragS *frag_now;
b17c891e 403#define frag_now_fix() ((char*)obstack_next_free (&frags) - frag_now->fr_literal)
fecd2382 404
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405/* For foreign-segment symbol fixups. */
406COMMON fragS zero_address_frag;
407/* For local common (N_BSS segment) fixups. */
408COMMON fragS bss_address_frag;
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409
410/* main program "as.c" (command arguments etc) */
411
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412COMMON unsigned char flag_no_comments; /* -f */
413COMMON unsigned char flag_debug; /* -D */
414COMMON unsigned char flag_signed_overflow_ok; /* -J */
415COMMON unsigned char flag_warn_displacement; /* -K */
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416
417/* True if local symbols should be retained. */
def66e24 418COMMON unsigned char flag_keep_locals; /* -L */
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419
420/* Should the data section be made read-only and appended to the text
421 section? */
def66e24 422COMMON unsigned char flag_readonly_data_in_text; /* -R */
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423
424/* True if warnings should be inhibited. */
def66e24 425COMMON unsigned char flag_no_warnings; /* -W */
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426
427/* True if we should attempt to generate output even if non-fatal errors
428 are detected. */
def66e24 429COMMON unsigned char flag_always_generate_output; /* -Z */
fecd2382 430
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431/* This is true if the assembler should output time and space usage. */
432
433COMMON unsigned char flag_print_statistics;
434
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435/* name of emitted object file */
436COMMON char *out_file_name;
fecd2382 437
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438/* TRUE if we need a second pass. */
439COMMON int need_pass_2;
09952cd9 440
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441/* TRUE if we should do no relaxing, and
442 leave lots of padding. */
443COMMON int linkrelax;
fecd2382 444
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445/* TRUE if we should produce a listing. */
446extern int listing;
447
7f2cb270 448struct _pseudo_type
6efd877d 449 {
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450 /* assembler mnemonic, lower case, no '.' */
451 char *poc_name;
452 /* Do the work */
604633ae 453 void (*poc_handler) PARAMS ((int));
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454 /* Value to pass to handler */
455 int poc_val;
456 };
6efd877d 457
7f2cb270 458typedef struct _pseudo_type pseudo_typeS;
fecd2382 459
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460#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER_xxx
461struct lineno_struct
462 {
463 alent line;
464 fragS *frag;
465 struct lineno_struct *next;
466 };
467typedef struct lineno_struct lineno;
468#endif
fecd2382 469
68878ef1 470#if defined (__STDC__) && !defined(NO_STDARG)
fecd2382 471
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472#if __GNUC__ >= 2
473/* for use with -Wformat */
7f955c18 474#define PRINTF_LIKE(FCN) void FCN (const char *format, ...) \
68878ef1 475 __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)))
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477 const char *format, ...) \
478 __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)))
68878ef1 479#else /* ANSI C with stdarg, but not GNU C */
7f955c18 480#define PRINTF_LIKE(FCN) void FCN (const char *format, ...)
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481#define PRINTF_WHERE_LIKE(FCN) void FCN (char *file, unsigned int line, \
482 const char *format, ...)
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483#endif
484#else /* not ANSI C, or not stdarg */
485#define PRINTF_LIKE(FCN) void FCN ()
a57180ad 486#define PRINTF_WHERE_LIKE(FCN) void FCN ()
68878ef1 487#endif
fecd2382 488
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489PRINTF_LIKE (as_bad);
490PRINTF_LIKE (as_fatal);
491PRINTF_LIKE (as_tsktsk);
492PRINTF_LIKE (as_warn);
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493PRINTF_WHERE_LIKE (as_bad_where);
494PRINTF_WHERE_LIKE (as_warn_where);
7f955c18 495
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496void fprint_value PARAMS ((FILE *file, addressT value));
497void sprint_value PARAMS ((char *buf, addressT value));
fecd2382 498
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499int had_errors PARAMS ((void));
500int had_warnings PARAMS ((void));
fecd2382 501
604633ae 502void print_version_id PARAMS ((void));
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503char *app_push PARAMS ((void));
504char *atof_ieee PARAMS ((char *str, int what_kind, LITTLENUM_TYPE * words));
505char *input_scrub_include_file PARAMS ((char *filename, char *position));
506char *input_scrub_new_file PARAMS ((char *filename));
507char *input_scrub_next_buffer PARAMS ((char **bufp));
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508PTR xmalloc PARAMS ((unsigned long size));
509PTR xrealloc PARAMS ((PTR ptr, unsigned long n));
604633ae 510int do_scrub_next_char PARAMS ((int (*get) (void), void (*unget) (int)));
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511int gen_to_words PARAMS ((LITTLENUM_TYPE * words, int precision,
512 long exponent_bits));
513int had_err PARAMS ((void));
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514int ignore_input PARAMS ((void));
515int scrub_from_file PARAMS ((void));
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516int scrub_from_string PARAMS ((void));
517int seen_at_least_1_file PARAMS ((void));
518void app_pop PARAMS ((char *arg));
519void as_howmuch PARAMS ((FILE * stream));
a193acc0 520void as_perror PARAMS ((const char *gripe, const char *filename));
7f955c18 521void as_where PARAMS ((char **namep, unsigned int *linep));
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522void bump_line_counters PARAMS ((void));
523void do_scrub_begin PARAMS ((void));
524void input_scrub_begin PARAMS ((void));
525void input_scrub_close PARAMS ((void));
526void input_scrub_end PARAMS ((void));
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527void new_logical_line PARAMS ((char *fname, int line_number));
528void scrub_to_file PARAMS ((int ch));
529void scrub_to_string PARAMS ((int ch));
68878ef1 530void subsegs_begin PARAMS ((void));
7f2cb270 531void subseg_change PARAMS ((segT seg, int subseg));
b17c891e 532segT subseg_new PARAMS ((const char *name, subsegT subseg));
e7501ac7 533segT subseg_force_new PARAMS ((const char *name, subsegT subseg));
68878ef1 534void subseg_set PARAMS ((segT seg, subsegT subseg));
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535#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
536segT subseg_get PARAMS ((const char *, int));
537#endif
fecd2382 538
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539struct expressionS;
540struct fix;
541struct symbol;
542
543#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
544/* literal.c */
545valueT add_to_literal_pool PARAMS ((struct symbol *, valueT, segT, int));
546#endif
547
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548#include "expr.h" /* Before targ-*.h */
549
a39116f1 550/* this one starts the chain of target dependant headers */
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551#include "targ-env.h"
552
fecd2382 553#include "struc-symbol.h"
fecd2382 554#include "write.h"
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555#include "frags.h"
556#include "hash.h"
557#include "read.h"
558#include "symbols.h"
559
560#include "tc.h"
561#include "obj.h"
562
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564
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565#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
566/* Someday perhaps this will be selectable at run-time. */
567#if defined (OBJ_AOUT) || defined (OBJ_BOUT)
568#define OUTPUT_FLAVOR bfd_target_aout_flavour
569#endif
570#ifdef OBJ_COFF
571#define OUTPUT_FLAVOR bfd_target_coff_flavour
572#endif
573#ifdef OBJ_ECOFF
574#define OUTPUT_FLAVOR bfd_target_ecoff_flavour
575#endif
576#ifdef OBJ_ELF
577#define OUTPUT_FLAVOR bfd_target_elf_flavour
578#endif
579#endif /* BFD_ASSEMBLER */
580
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581#endif /* GAS */
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