Re: VAX addressing modes

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> I have a vague memory that there is a trick in as for handling very
> large cases; since casel can only offset 64k, gas will insert jumps
> if the case statements becomes too large.

(Well, signed 32k, and more "too distant" than "too large", but yes.)
Something is apparently doing that; two of the case labels point to
that jmp instruction.

> It could be that gas is not teached about pic code in this specific
> situation?

That strikes me as a very plausible theory, actually.

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