[haiku-commits] Re: BRANCH xyzzy-github.x86_64 - src/system/kernel/arch/x86 src/system/kernel/arch/x86/32 src/system/kernel/arch/x86/64 headers/private/kernel/arch/x86
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:24:56 +0200
On 2012-07-09 at 19:05:37 [+0200], Alex Smith <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9 July 2012 17:17, pulkomandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is a bit confusing because AX BX ... are the names of the 16-bit
> > version of these registers. I'd go for RAX everywhere (but maybe others
> > don't agree on that).
>
> Then you have the same argument that R* are the names of the 64-bit
> versions, which isn't correct on 32-bit. Although they are the 16-bit
> version names, I think they make more sense than the 64-bit names because
> they look like the "base" names of the registers, without any size prefix.
> Of course, if other disagree with me on that I can change it.
I find neither naming scheme optimal. The best I've come up with is to use
a placeholder character instead (like "xax", "_ax", or "$ax"), but that
isn't that beautiful either. So, either way is fine by me.
CU, Ingo
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