gnu/usr.bin/as/expr.h

/* expr.h -> header file for expr.c
   Copyright (C) 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.

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/*
 * Abbreviations (mnemonics).
 *
 *      O       operator
 *      Q       quantity,  operand
 *      X       eXpression
 */

/*
 * By popular demand, we define a struct to represent an expression.
 * This will no doubt mutate as expressions become baroque.
 *
 * Currently, we support expressions like "foo-bar+42".
 * In other words we permit a (possibly undefined) minuend, a
 * (possibly undefined) subtrahend and an (absolute) augend.
 * RMS says this is so we can have 1-pass assembly for any compiler
 * emmissions, and a 'case' statement might emit 'undefined1 - undefined2'.
 *
 * To simplify table-driven dispatch, we also have a "segment" for the
 * entire expression. That way we don't require complex reasoning about
 * whether particular components are defined; and we can change component
 * semantics without re-working all the dispatch tables in the assembler.
 * In other words the "type" of an expression is its segment.
 */

typedef struct
{
        symbolS *X_add_symbol;          /* foo */
        symbolS *X_subtract_symbol;     /* bar */
        long int X_add_number;          /* 42.    Must be signed. */
        segT    X_seg;                  /* What segment (expr type)? */
}
expressionS;

                                /* result should be type (expressionS *). */
#define expression(result) expr(0,result)

                                /* If an expression is SEG_BIG, look here */
                                /* for its value. These common data may */
                                /* be clobbered whenever expr() is called. */
extern FLONUM_TYPE generic_floating_point_number; /* Flonums returned here. */
                                /* Enough to hold most precise flonum. */
extern LITTLENUM_TYPE generic_bignum []; /* Bignums returned here. */
#define SIZE_OF_LARGE_NUMBER (20)       /* Number of littlenums in above. */


segT            expr();
char            get_symbol_end();

/* end: expr.h */