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Any way to make dword ptr the default in Gnu AS

I'm using intel syntax with GNU AS as I'm used to X86 assembler from back in the day and I make less mistakes than I would with the AT&T syntax. Back in the 16 bit days, an instruction like:

mov ax, [bx]

would move the byte pointer at bx into ax. Some assemblers had overrides on this asssumption, normally with a directive. Now that I'm using 32 bit assembly, almost every line is:

mov eax, dword ptr [bx]

Is there any way to make that the default or do I live with "dword ptr" all over the place? I do realise that I could go AT&T and have movl and movq etc...

Solution

  • This reply doesn't suit a comment style so I'll answer my own question. Thanks to Jester and "500 - Internal...". They are right. Using "as -a=111" and "as -a=222" and comparing:

    ***** 111
  11
  12 0003 8B4D08                mov     ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
  13
***** 222
  11
  12 0003 8B4D08                mov     ecx, [ebp + 8]
  13
*****

    That's beyond a doubt!