Intel-style inline assembly in gcc
assembly, c++, gcc, intel
Solution
GCC uses a very different syntax for inline assembler, so you won't be able to handle it with trivial changes. I see the following options:
- Rewrite everything in GCC syntax or as C code
- Make some script to translate to GCC syntax (non-trivial task)
- Compile the code with whatever compiler it was written for (MSVC?)
Problem
I am trying to compile an old C++ software project in Code::Blocks using the gcc compiler, and after fixing a few other issues, I've hit a wall: the project has a file with Intel-style inline ASM written as ``` _asm { code here } ``` and the compiler refuses to compile it with "error: '_asm' was not declared in this scope". I've spent a while Googling around looking for solutions, but the only ones I can find are to add `-masm=intel` to the build options (which I've tried and can't get to work), or to convert the code to `asm ("code here");` (which isn't feasible because of the sheer amount of ASM). Does anyone know how I can get gcc to compile this code as-is, or should I give up and use a different compiler?