Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 16:05:36 -0500
From: dj AT stealth DOT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To: OKRA AT max DOT tiac DOT net
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Embedded assembler and comments

>   Because I have made a few small utils that run through assembler source 
> for me and do various things to it and in all of them I made them check 
> for a comment block.  So there. :P
>   I made them check for comments so that you wouldn't have to remove this 
> blocks before sending it to the assembler - you could send directions to 
> the util from the source file and it wouldn't mess things up if you 
> decided not to run the util after all.
>   Is that a good enough reason?

Yup, that's a good enough reason!  The interaction between gcc and
it's subprograms (cpp, cc1, as, ld) is entirely governed by the FSF
code, not djgpp, so suggestions for improvements should be directed to
the appropriate GNU mailing list (bug-gcc AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu), so please
drop them a note and mention WHY you need this functionality (they
won't know either unless you tell them).

DJ