Re: [PATCH 1/5] vsprintf/Documentation: Add X to %*ph extension to output upper case hex

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2021-08-27 at 10:48 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:43:01AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > A few sysfs output uses of hex arrays are uppercase and are nominally ABI.
> > 
> > Add a mechanism to the existing vsprintf %*ph hex output extension to
> > support upper case hex output.
> 
> ...
> 
> > +	The preferred output is lowercase
> >  	%*ph	00 01 02  ...  3f
> >  	%*phC	00:01:02: ... :3f
> >  	%*phD	00-01-02- ... -3f
> >  	%*phN	000102 ... 3f
> > +	Formats with X are uppercase, used for backwards compatibility
> > +	%*phX	00 01 02  ...  3F
> > +	%*phCX	00:01:02: ... :3F
> > +	%*phDX	00-01-02- ... -3F
> > +	%*phNX	000102 ... 3F
> 
> Why not using %*pH...?

I find X more intelligible.

> > +	char locase = 0x20;	/* ASCII OR'd for lower case see: number() */
> 
> If you use h vs H, you may derive this from (fmt[...] & SMALL).

It's not necessary to use any more of the rather limited vsprintf
extension namespace.