Traversing a binary

[klacke@REDACTED]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 03:51:10PM +0200, Javier París Fernández wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to add all the two-byte pairs of a binary to make a checksum.
> Using the bit syntax is correct, but too slow. Is there a way to have
> some "iterator" over its contents without having to do pattern matching
> on the binary(Which is slow) ?
> 


To get this _fast_, you have to write a linked-in driver. Make sure
the binary doesn't copied down to the driver.


/klacke


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