From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Nov 3 7:52:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682E4155E6 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 07:52:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FKM00CIAP9JAY@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:48:56 -0600 (CST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA10193; Wed, 03 Nov 1999 09:48:24 -0600 (CST envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 09:48:23 -0600 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: misc/10325: Implementation of itoa() for libc In-reply-to: <199911031520.HAA49492@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Pedro Fernando Giffuni Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19991103094823.H602@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: <199911031520.HAA49492@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 03, 1999, Pedro Fernando Giffuni wrote: > Actually, > > Under no circumstance should this go into libc. The function is not > standard so it might go into libcompat. After talking this out, I'm not > sure if it should be in FreeBSD at all though. I agree. I see absolutely no point in itoa in an operating system where sprintf/printf exist. -- |Chris Costello |What do computer engineers use for birth control? Their personalities. `----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message