(ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII): Edit comment.

[pf3gnuchains/gcc-fork.git] / gcc / config / mips / iris4.h

diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/iris4.h b/gcc/config/mips/iris4.h
index 3369a8f..735b15e 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/config/mips/iris4.h
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/iris4.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 #define LIB_SPEC \
   "%{!p:%{!pg:%{!static:%{!g*:-lc_s}}}}%{p:libprof1.a%s}%{pg:libprof1.a%s} -lc crtn.o%s"
 
-/* Assembler is said to have trouble with .ascii with escape chars.
-   The quickest way to avoid the problem is not to use .ascii.  */
+/* Some assemblers have a bug that causes backslash escaped chars in .ascii
+   to be misassembled, so we just completely avoid it.  */
 #undef ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII
 #define ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII(FILE,PTR,LEN)                 \
 do {                                                   \