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Re: [patch] '0x' prefix on objdump addresses
- From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange dot com>
- To: Graydon Hoare <graydon at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:29:20 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [patch] '0x' prefix on objdump addresses
On 10 Jan 2002, Graydon Hoare wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 16:38, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> > On 10 Jan 2002, Graydon Hoare wrote:
> > > The biggest problem I can forsee is the large-ish number of testsuites
> > > this would trivially invalidate. The whole gas suite, at least, would
> > > need adjusting. Any volunteers?
> >
> > Aren't you supposed to fix any breakages in the test-suite (gas
> > and ld, maybe elsewhere) when you change objdump output?
>
> yes, of course. I really just want to double-check with the wider
> objdump user/developer community to ensure the work is not the sort of
> thing someone is going to immediately undo, if I happen to do it; and
> perhaps raise anyone's antennae if they think their own testsuites,
> outside the typical toolchain suites, are going to break.
FWIW, I don't really disagree with the change, but I agree an
example would help. Particularly, an example that shows where
no-0x actually leads to confusion might help convincing those
arguing against the patch.
brgds, H-P