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Re: .info ... was it so much a good idea?
« on: July 24, 2010, 08:33:49 PM »
Quote from: Trev;571901
I've never liked how .info files are only loosely coupled to the object they represent. It might have made sense in the 80's given the simplicity (and limitations) of the period object formats and file systems, but they could just as easily have defined a new hunk type and embedded the data directly in the object. On AmigaOS 4.x, I'm surprised the data hasn't been moved into an ELF section. It would still be possible for tools like Workbench to override embedded data using an .info file if one exists.


And what do you do with non-executable files?