linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] printf: add support for %de

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Message-ID: <1d375eb78623261eb334caaa3980905115aa1bf8.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:19:09 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] printf: add support for %de

On Mon, 2020-01-20 at 09:55 +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this is an reiteration of my patch from some time ago that introduced
> %dE with the same semantic. Back then this resulted in the support for
> %pe which was less contentious.
> 
> I still consider %de (now with a small 'e' to match %pe) useful.

I still think this is not a good idea at all.

There really should be no need to introduce more
odd vsprintf extensions.

%p<foo> should be enough.