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Re: [bug-gperf] gperf lacks support for binary keys.
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Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-gperf] gperf lacks support for binary keys. |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:15:06 +0100 (CET) |
Hi,
> although there seemingly is support for binary keys,
> through the command line option --compare-lengths
> which states "Compare key lengths before trying a
> string comparison. This is necessary if the
> keywords contain NUL bytes", there is no provision
> for really binary input, and without good reason.
Look at gperf-3.0.4/tests/lang-ucs2.gperf; this is an example
for use of binary keys, with embedded NUL bytes and varying length.
In the Makefile, this sample is used with the option -l / --compare-lengths.
Bruno