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Re: [commit] Another gdb_byte pass (correct use?)


> Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 02:42:19 -0400
> From: Paul Schlie <schlie@comcast.net>
> 
> Just to double check, as I thought the original intent of gdb_byte* was
> an alternative to a void* to more accurately identify byte oriented data
> not true char* or char[] strings?

Yes.

> as if all 'char's are now 'gdb_byte's, why bother, should have just
> left them alone?

Not all `char *'s are now `gdb_byte's, only thosed where `char *' was
used for something other than a text string.


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