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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block-sha1: Windows declares ntohl() in winsock2.h
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:25:32 -0700 (PDT)
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> Does it really implement the gcc inline assembly syntax?

A fair number of compilers do. The Intel compiler does too.

The reason? The gcc inline asm is as close to a standard there is, and is 
fairly expressive without being the mess that is MSC. So if you do inline 
asm at all (and considering the target market for a C compiler, most do), 
gcc asm is a good thing to aim for.

			Linus