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Re: bfd_size_type to size_t

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 09:14:55AM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Feb 19 2020, Alan Modra wrote:
> 
> > Note that you can't change everything over to size_t: A
> > 32-bit host needs a larger type than size_t to support reading and
> > processing of 64-bit ELF object files.
> 
> But that should use off_t (aka file_ptr), doesn't it?

Many values in a 64-bit ELF object need a 64-bit type.  I'm not too
fussed what 64-bit type is used, but size_t on a 32-bit host can't do
the job.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM
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