[PATCH v3 08/18] BFD: Add BFD pointer member to `struct carsym'

[Jan Beulich]

On 20.11.2025 11:56, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> From: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@redhat.com>
> 
> Replace the file offset with a union of one and a BFD pointer in `struct 
> carsym', as a preparation to handle symbol maps built on the fly rather 
> than fetched from a file.  No functional change.
> 
> NB there's a note on `struct carsym' being a type pun on `struct symdef'
> as in include/aout/ranlib.h (or `struct ranlib'; no idea where it comes
> from).  It is possibly not true anymore, even more so with this code
> update in place, depending on the underlying type of `file_ptr'.  This
> is not a problem however, because we always process `struct carsym' data
> by hand and only use it internally rather than reading/writing from/to a
> file.  Therefore remove the note, as no longer applicable.

Having seen its purpose now - okay (albeit with some hesitation).

Jan