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Diffstat (limited to 'libiberty')
| -rw-r--r-- | libiberty/ChangeLog | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libiberty/functions.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libiberty/hex.c | 12 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog index 0669803..d30c591 100644 --- a/libiberty/ChangeLog +++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2003-05-15 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. + 2003-05-07 Josef Zlomek <zlomekj@suse.cz> * splay-tree.c (splay_tree_predecessor): Fix comment. diff --git a/libiberty/functions.texi b/libiberty/functions.texi index 4261d86..b34c204 100644 --- a/libiberty/functions.texi +++ b/libiberty/functions.texi @@ -337,13 +337,19 @@ or zero if it is not. Note that the value you pass will be cast to @end deftypefn @c hex.c:42 -@deftypefn Extension int hex_value (int @var{c}) +@deftypefn Extension unsigned int hex_value (int @var{c}) Returns the numeric equivalent of the given character when interpreted as a hexidecimal digit. The result is undefined if you pass an invalid hex digit. Note that the value you pass will be cast to @code{unsigned char} within the macro. +The @code{hex_value} macro returns @code{unsigned int}, rather than +signed @code{int}, to make it easier to use in parsing addresses from +hex dump files: a signed @code{int} would be sign-extended when +converted to a wider unsigned type --- like @code{bfd_vma}, on some +systems. + @end deftypefn @c index.c:5 diff --git a/libiberty/hex.c b/libiberty/hex.c index 5f82292..f425509 100644 --- a/libiberty/hex.c +++ b/libiberty/hex.c @@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ or zero if it is not. Note that the value you pass will be cast to @end deftypefn -@deftypefn Extension int hex_value (int @var{c}) +@deftypefn Extension unsigned int hex_value (int @var{c}) Returns the numeric equivalent of the given character when interpreted as a hexidecimal digit. The result is undefined if you pass an invalid hex digit. Note that the value you pass will be cast to @code{unsigned char} within the macro. +The @code{hex_value} macro returns @code{unsigned int}, rather than +signed @code{int}, to make it easier to use in parsing addresses from +hex dump files: a signed @code{int} would be sign-extended when +converted to a wider unsigned type --- like @code{bfd_vma}, on some +systems. + @end deftypefn @undocumented _hex_array_size @@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ invalid hex digit. Note that the value you pass will be cast to && 'A' == 0x41 && 'a' == 0x61 && '!' == 0x21 \ && EOF == -1 -const char _hex_value[_hex_array_size] = +const unsigned char _hex_value[_hex_array_size] = { _hex_bad, _hex_bad, _hex_bad, _hex_bad, /* NUL SOH STX ETX */ _hex_bad, _hex_bad, _hex_bad, _hex_bad, /* EOT ENQ ACK BEL */ @@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ const char _hex_value[_hex_array_size] = #else -char _hex_value[_hex_array_size]; +unsigned char _hex_value[_hex_array_size]; #endif /* not ASCII */ |