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Re: [commit] Another gdb_byte pass (correct use?)
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Paul Schlie <schlie at comcast dot net>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:40:38 +0300
- Subject: Re: [commit] Another gdb_byte pass (correct use?)
- References: <BEBC398B.A4AD%schlie@comcast.net>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> 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.