Re: Adding support for `cat a.out | size -`

[Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad at a3f dot at>]

>>> In any case, this would still be a breaking change, because size - reads a - file at the moment. Should I add a command line flag?
>> 
>> Yes.  Presumably "--" would be the appropriate flag.

Just to make sure, so you are ok with breaking backwards-compatibility here?
A build script that used - as file name and called `size -` on it would no longer work and would have to be changed to `size -- -`.
> 
>> Secondly, do you have an FSF copyright assignment for the binutils in place ?  If not, you
>> will need to get one before you can contribute any patches.  (See the attached form)
>> 
>> Lastly, it will be of a great help if you can follow the GNU Coding Standards when you write
>> your code: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/

Will do.

Cheers,
Ahmad

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