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Date:      Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:46:47 +0000
From:      Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>, Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man1 builtin.1 src/bin/sh Makefile builtins.def sh.1 src/usr.bin/printf printf.1 
Message-ID:   <200111211246.aa59934@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:08:50 %2B0200." <31642.1006340930@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> 

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In message <31642.1006340930@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>, Sheldon Hearn writes:
>> I would have thought it useful to leave both test & printf as 
>> builtins... it's only a few k of space after all.
>
>*shrug*  I don't care about the bloat.  I just figured some rancid
>floppy jockey would pipe up. :-)

The addition of the hexdigit/hexprint/zeropad to MAKEDEV and
rc.network6 has already almost half-undone the 3k space reduction
that occurred when the printf builtin was removed. I appreciate
your effort to avoid bloat - it just seems a pity to have to add
a pile of sh functions to any rc script that needs to do the things
that printf did easily.

Ian

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