Re: memory waste in fs/devices.c/kdevname()
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Sat, 19 Dec 1998 12:04:20 -0800 (PST)
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> said:
> > No, change the punctuation to that it is unambiguous. I suggest
> > replace the : with a , so you'd see either "13:00" or "19,0".
>
> Add "23.0" for good measure ;-)
>
> Sorry, but I wouldn't know which is which without having to look it up each
> time. 0x13:0x00 is ugly as hell, but unambiguous. Or just keep them
> everywhere decimal or everywhere hex (or octal).
That's the thing; it is everywhere decimal *except* in kernel
messages. This is a Bad Thing[TM].
-hpa
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