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+Next: <a href="Machine-Constraints.html#Machine-Constraints" accesskey="n" rel="next">Machine Constraints</a>, Previous: <a href="Multi_002dAlternative.html#Multi_002dAlternative" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Multi-Alternative</a>, Up: <a href="Constraints.html#Constraints" accesskey="u" rel="up">Constraints</a> &nbsp; [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Indices.html#Indices" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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+<hr>
+<a name="Constraint-Modifier-Characters"></a>
+<h4 class="subsubsection">6.47.3.3 Constraint Modifier Characters</h4>
+<a name="index-modifiers-in-constraints"></a>
+<a name="index-constraint-modifier-characters"></a>
+
+<p>Here are constraint modifier characters.
+</p>
+<dl compact="compact">
+<dd><a name="index-_003d-in-constraint"></a>
+</dd>
+<dt>&lsquo;<samp>=</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
+<dd><p>Means that this operand is written to by this instruction:
+the previous value is discarded and replaced by new data.
+</p>
+<a name="index-_002b-in-constraint"></a>
+</dd>
+<dt>&lsquo;<samp>+</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
+<dd><p>Means that this operand is both read and written by the instruction.
+</p>
+<p>When the compiler fixes up the operands to satisfy the constraints,
+it needs to know which operands are read by the instruction and
+which are written by it. &lsquo;<samp>=</samp>&rsquo; identifies an operand which is only
+written; &lsquo;<samp>+</samp>&rsquo; identifies an operand that is both read and written; all
+other operands are assumed to only be read.
+</p>
+<p>If you specify &lsquo;<samp>=</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>+</samp>&rsquo; in a constraint, you put it in the
+first character of the constraint string.
+</p>
+<a name="index-_0026-in-constraint"></a>
+<a name="index-earlyclobber-operand"></a>
+</dd>
+<dt>&lsquo;<samp>&amp;</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
+<dd><p>Means (in a particular alternative) that this operand is an
+<em>earlyclobber</em> operand, which is written before the instruction is
+finished using the input operands. Therefore, this operand may not lie
+in a register that is read by the instruction or as part of any memory
+address.
+</p>
+<p>&lsquo;<samp>&amp;</samp>&rsquo; applies only to the alternative in which it is written. In
+constraints with multiple alternatives, sometimes one alternative
+requires &lsquo;<samp>&amp;</samp>&rsquo; while others do not. See, for example, the
+&lsquo;<samp>movdf</samp>&rsquo; insn of the 68000.
+</p>
+<p>An operand which is read by the instruction can be tied to an earlyclobber
+operand if its only use as an input occurs before the early result is
+written. Adding alternatives of this form often allows GCC to produce
+better code when only some of the read operands can be affected by the
+earlyclobber. See, for example, the &lsquo;<samp>mulsi3</samp>&rsquo; insn of the ARM.
+</p>
+<p>Furthermore, if the <em>earlyclobber</em> operand is also a read/write
+operand, then that operand is written only after it&rsquo;s used.
+</p>
+<p>&lsquo;<samp>&amp;</samp>&rsquo; does not obviate the need to write &lsquo;<samp>=</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>+</samp>&rsquo;. As
+<em>earlyclobber</em> operands are always written, a read-only
+<em>earlyclobber</em> operand is ill-formed and will be rejected by the
+compiler.
+</p>
+<a name="index-_0025-in-constraint"></a>
+</dd>
+<dt>&lsquo;<samp>%</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
+<dd><p>Declares the instruction to be commutative for this operand and the
+following operand. This means that the compiler may interchange the
+two operands if that is the cheapest way to make all operands fit the
+constraints. &lsquo;<samp>%</samp>&rsquo; applies to all alternatives and must appear as
+the first character in the constraint. Only read-only operands can use
+&lsquo;<samp>%</samp>&rsquo;.
+</p>
+<p>GCC can only handle one commutative pair in an asm; if you use more,
+the compiler may fail. Note that you need not use the modifier if
+the two alternatives are strictly identical; this would only waste
+time in the reload pass.
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