[commit] Use bfd_byte in value.h

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:19:20PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
>    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:25:52 -0400
>    From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> 
>    This changes value.h to use bfd_byte more consistently.  When trying to 
>    fix the signed (string) VS unsigned (buffer) pointer warnings you very 
>    quickly run into these interfaces.
> 
> Hacking on a mac again?
> 
> Anyway, to place my previous comments about this issue in a context,
> this really is analogous to strxxx() versus memxxx().  This gives a
> clue to what the proper pointer type for these buffers is: `void *'.
> I guess GDB's K&R history really shows here.  Does converting to `void
> *' require more effort than simply replacing things with `bfd_byte *'?

Probably, since you can no longer do arithmetic on them.

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