Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:27:57 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: mdf@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: replace vm_offset_t with uintptr_t and vm_size_t with size_t Message-ID: <24588.1281695277@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:46:42 %2B1000." <20100813191149.V12776@delplex.bde.org>
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In message <20100813191149.V12776@delplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes: >On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 mdf@FreeBSD.org wrote: >I prefer to fix printf. [...] I never >learned exactly what %I does, but think it should have 2 variations, >something like a plain %I causing the compiler to rewrite the literal >format string, replacing %I with the appropriate Standard format, and >%I<width> for interpretation by the library. I think printf is fundamentally broken, and "fixing" it by compiler magic would just galvanize the brokenness for all time. If you position is that C as a quality language is not salvageable, then I guess that makes sense, if you still have hopes for ISO-C coming to their senses, it does not. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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