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[patch] '0x' prefix on objdump addresses

LeakyStain leakstan@erols.com
Thu Jan 10 16:29:00 GMT 2002 
I would strongly argue against this trivial change; it is not worth the
trouble. I have test suites that would break.

And besides, the _correct_ syntax for a hex number is 16#abcd# :) 
(from Ada, the world's best language :).

If you _really_ want a different output syntax, put in an option to
enable
it.

-- Stephe

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.
> 
> -graydon
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