linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] strings: helper for maximum decimal encoding of an unsigned integer

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Message-ID: <1347634851.3813.9.camel@thorin>
Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:47 +0200
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
Cc:	Jim Rees <rees@...ch.edu>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strings: helper for maximum decimal encoding of an
 unsigned integer

On Fre, 2012-09-14 at 16:25 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Friday 2012-09-14 15:46, Jim Rees wrote:
> >Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >  >A pure K&R-C version would use a string:
> >  >#define base10len(i) "\0x1\0x3\0x5\0x8\0x0A\0x0D\0x0F\0x11\0x14"[sizeof(i)]
> >  >(if I converted them properly into hexadecimal)
> >  The syntax is \x01\x03\x05...
> >
> >K&R doesn't have the \x escape, only \0 (octal).

We cuold use octal too.

> People recommend K&R only for the introductory reading, not for its 
> actuality.

And I actually used it to show that no gcc-isms are necessary. ANSI-C is
fine too for that case.

	Bernd
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