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Re: [rfa] bfd_elf_sign_extend_vma()
- To: Alan Modra <alan at linuxcare dot com dot au>
- Subject: Re: [rfa] bfd_elf_sign_extend_vma()
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:09:19 +1000
- CC: BINUTILS Patches <binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006231744450.13055-100000@front.linuxcare.com.au>
Alan Modra wrote:
> Not quite :-) bfd-in2.h is a generated file. Patch bfd-in.h instead then
> run "make headers" in bfd/.
Thanks.
> > The name and return value conventions are consistent with
> > bfd_elf_get_arch_size().
>
> Which leads to the result that non-elf returns -1, and -1 is a perfectly
> good "true" value. Did you intend that all non-elf cases use sign
> extension?
Its fairly consistent with bfd_elf_get_addr_size() which returns the
address size or -1 on error. If you've a better suggestion I'd be
interested? I can't throw an error :-)
Andrew