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Re: PATCH: don't sign-extend address in ihex files
This is OK, but needs to be posted to gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org and
approved there.
> libiberty/ChangeLog:
> 2003-05-14 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
>
> * hex.c (_hex_value): Make this unsigned.
> (hex_value): Update documentation for new return type. hex_value
> now expands to an unsigned int expression, to avoid unexpected
> sign extension when we store it in a bfd_vma, which is larger than
> int on some platforms.
> * functions.texi: Regenerated.
>
> include/ChangeLog:
> 2003-05-14 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
>
> * libiberty.h (hex_value): Make the value an unsigned int, to
> avoid unexpected sign-extension when cast to unsigned types larger
> than int --- like bfd_vma, on some platforms.
> (_hex_value): Update declaration.