[PATCH] Add support for binary includes.

[David Gibson]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 09:58:59AM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:59:32PM -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote:
> > Kumar Gala wrote:
> >>
> >> On Feb 25, 2008, at 6:39 PM, David Gibson wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:19:41PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> >>>> A property's data can be populated with a file's contents
> >>>> as follows:
> >>>>
> >>>> node {
> >>>>     prop = /incbin/("path/to/data");
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>> A subset of a file can be included by passing start and size parameters.
> >>>> For example, to include bytes 8 through 23:
> >>>>
> >>>> node {
> >>>>     prop = /incbin/("path/to/data", 8, 16);
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>> As with /include/, non-absolute paths are looked for in the directory
> >>>> of the source file that includes them.
> >
> > That issue was resolved, I believe.
> >
> >>> Well, while I discuss the syntax with Jon, here's some comments on the
> >>> implementation.
> >>
> >> have we made any progress on the syntax?
> >
> > My last suggestions garnered a "I like that even less." response,
> > so as far as I know, we're still waiting for a good proposal here.
> 
> A while back I sent out a spiel explaining more clearly why I didn't
> like it, and where I thought we should go with this, but I don't think
> anyone noticed it at the time.  I'll resend.

See
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--PATCH--Add-support-for-binary-includes.-p16149085.html

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