printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Piotr Wyderski
Since it is possible to use the 0b prefix to specify a binary number in GCC/C++, will there be any resistance to add %b format specifier to the printf family format strings? Best regards Piotr Wyderski

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Paolo Carlini
On 01/22/2010 12:01 PM, Piotr Wyderski wrote: Since it is possible to use the 0b prefix to specify a binary number in GCC/C++, will there be any resistance to add %b format specifier to the printf family format strings? This has absolutely nothing to do with GCC and its development, you

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Piotr Wyderski
Paolo Carlini wrote: This has absolutely nothing to do with GCC and its development, you understand. You sure? Isn't the implementation of printf formatting engine a part of GCC support libraries and doesn't adding an extension to it belong to the category development?

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Paolo Carlini
On 01/22/2010 12:31 PM, Piotr Wyderski wrote: You sure? Isn't the implementation of printf formatting engine a part of GCC support libraries The C library, to which library printf belongs, is not part of the GCC project. Paolo.

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Piotr Wyderski
Paolo Carlini wrote: The C library, to which library printf belongs, is not part of the GCC project. In that case it certainly isn't a GCC issue.

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Kaveh R. GHAZI
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Piotr Wyderski wrote: Paolo Carlini wrote: The C library, to which library printf belongs, is not part of the GCC project. In that case it certainly isn't a GCC issue. Assuming this feature is accepted in glibc, you'll want to update GCC's -Wformat flag.

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
Since it is possible to use the 0b prefix to specify a binary number in GCC/C++, will there be any resistance to add %b format specifier to the printf family format strings? You can do that yourself by using the hook facility for printf, see (libc) Customizing Printf in the GNU C library

Re: printf enhancement

2010-01-22 Thread Nils Pipenbrinck
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Since it is possible to use the 0b prefix to specify a binary number in GCC/C++, will there be any resistance to add %b format specifier to the printf family format strings? You can do that yourself by using the hook facility for printf, see (libc)