From: Philippe Elie <phil.el@wanadoo.fr>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Representation of large hex values
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:58:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4012A429.7040902@wanadoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040124151156.GB1029@gallifrey
Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> (OK, this isn't strictly a kernel thing - but it seems to be a good
> place for peoples thoughts on this, and the kernel would be one
> place to start it off)
>
> The problem: Large (64 bit) hex values are cumbersome - especially
> when they contain strings of 0's in the middle
>
> Suggestion: Print hex value with a seperator every 4 or 8 nybbles
> to aid in counting. After some discussion it seems that _
> is a decent seperator - e.g.
>
> 1000_0000_0000_1234
You'll break people piping output to tools, you must
solve this by running the output to your own filter
which split hexa number.
regards,
Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-24 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-24 15:11 RFC: Representation of large hex values Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2004-01-24 16:24 ` Andreas Schwab
2004-01-24 16:58 ` Philippe Elie [this message]
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2004-01-24 15:55 Joe Korty
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