linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] lib/vsprintf.c: "%#o",0 becomes '0' instead of '00'

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Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 18:59:34 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Pierre Carrier <pierre@...tify.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] lib/vsprintf.c: "%#o",0 becomes '0' instead of '00'

On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 03:20 +0200, Pierre Carrier wrote:
> number()'s behaviour is slighly changed:
> 0 becomes "0" instead of "00" when using the flag SPECIAL and base 8.
> 
> Before:
> Number\Format  %o    %#o  %x    %#x
>             0     0   00    0   0x0
>             1     1   01    1   0x1
>            16    20  020   10  0x10
> 
> After:
> Number\Format  %o    %#o  %x    %#x
>             0     0    0    0   0x0
>             1     1   01    1   0x1
>            16    20  020   10  0x10

If you do this, why not change 0-7 instead of just 0?


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