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Date:      Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:46:49 -0500
From:      "John C. Place" <placej@ka3tis.com>
To:        hackers@freebsd.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: scanf in the kernel?
Message-ID:  <19981031144649.A278@ka3tis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.981030102422.27452F-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 10:25:39AM -0500
References:  <199810300813.AAA01726@dingo.cdrom.com> <Pine.HPP.3.96.981030102422.27452F-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>

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On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 10:25:39AM -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> I'm not a kernel-hacking kind of guy, but I know just from personal C
> experiences that scanf makes things a lot easier to change later on and
> easier to get a visual representation of. scanf and sprintf have become my
> friend.
> 
I am not one either but I thought the *printf commands are very expensive (to 
the processer) and something as low level as the kernel would one try to avoid 
these???

John

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