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Re: readelf -S and long section name

Hi Guys,

> Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:40:29AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
>> The problem is one long section name, which is unusual in C++, will
>> make a very large number of columns and make it hard to see the rest
>> of output.
>
> Perhaps test for > n chars and if so, wrap after the section name,
> like
>
>   [11] .text             PROGBITS        00015a80 015a80 0f9e34 00  AX  0   0 16
>   [12] some_really_big_section_name_probably_from_c++_name_mangling
>                          PROGBITS        0010f8c0 10f8c0 00086a 00  AX  0   0 16
>
> With --wide, n probably should be increased too.

I rather like this idea.  HJ, Jakub - what do you think ?

Cheers
        Nick
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