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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Map .coment/.note to BSD/POSIX symbol types

From: Elias Athanasopoulos <elathan at phys dot uoa dot gr>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 19:47:17 +0300
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Map .coment/.note to BSD/POSIX symbol types
References: <20030523183235.C7065@neutrino.particles.org> <m3d6i9y6k0.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>

On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 09:24:47AM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Using 'r' for sections which are not loaded is a bad idea.  If you
> want to put in a check for SEC_LOAD, then your patch is fine.
> 
> Otherwise, I think it would be quite reasonable to use 'N', which
> indicates a debugging section.  If you think it would be useful to
> distinguish these symbols from symbols which are strictly for
> debugging, then 'n' would be OK by me.

I agree with you, so as to not be able to choose what to follow. :-) So, 
I'll wait for others to drop their suggestion.

'N' is quite reasonable to me too, though...

Regards,
Elias

-- 
University of Athens			I bet the human brain 
Physics Department				is a kludge --Marvin Minsky

References:
- [PATCH/RFC] Map .coment/.note to BSD/POSIX symbol types
  - From: Elias Athanasopoulos
- Re: [PATCH/RFC] Map .coment/.note to BSD/POSIX symbol types
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor

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