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Re: PATCH: Fix buffer overflow in gas

"H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

> I don't want to get too complicated here. We won't have buffer overflow
> anymore no matter what CHAR_BIT is.

If you have more than 8 bits in a char you need more than two characters
to represent it as a hex number.  On the other hand, whether we get to
process more than an octet at a time in this case remains to be seen.

Andreas.

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