Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:13:48 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: scanf in the kernel? Message-ID: <199810300813.AAA01726@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Just wondering what the general feeling would be about having scanf in the kernel? As we move towards more abstract representations of things (eg. device names), it's becoming more important to be able to parse strings inside the kernel. Doing this in hand-rolled code is tedious, error-prone and results in code that can be hard to read and maintain (as everyone does it their own way). If this isn't totally repulsive, I'll roll a somewhat smaller version of the libc vfscanf for general approval. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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