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Diffstat (limited to 'libiberty/hex.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libiberty/hex.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/hex.c b/libiberty/hex.c index 5f82292534..f425509be7 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 */ |