Re: memory waste in fs/devices.c/kdevname()

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Sat, 19 Dec 1998 15:42:34 -0400

"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).

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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
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