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@@ -271,15 +271,24 @@ class FileSystem : public 
llvm::ThreadSafeRefCountedBase<FileSystem>,
   /// Get the status of the entry at \p Path, if one exists.
   virtual llvm::ErrorOr<Status> status(const Twine &Path) = 0;
 
-  /// Get a \p File object for the file at \p Path, if one exists.
+  /// Get a \p File object for the text file at \p Path, if one exists.
   virtual llvm::ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<File>>
   openFileForRead(const Twine &Path) = 0;
 
+  /// Get a \p File objct for the binary file at \p Path, if one exists.
+  /// This function should be called instead of openFileForRead if the file
+  /// should be opened as a binary file.
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kadircet wrote:

can you rather explain the motiviating use case? e.g. "Some filesystems can 
perform modifications to bytes on-disk when reading as test. Reading as binary 
ensures contents are received as-is in such cases, on most file systems this is 
same as `openFileForRead`".

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/111723
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