Re: /proc format (was Device Registry (DevReg) Patch 0.2.0)

["J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>]

On 04.25 Jesse Pollard wrote:
> 
> Alternatively, you can always put one value per record:
> 	tag:value
> 	tag2:value2...
> 
> This is still simpler than XML to read, and to generate.
> 

Just my two cents.

It looks clear that /proc is for programs, not for humans. So the best format
for proc is just binary values. So programs can read it quickly, even in
a chunk if they know the format. But sometimes it is usefull to do a cat on
a /proc entry.

Question: it is possible to redirect the same fs call (say read) to different
implementations, based on the open mode of the file descriptor ? So, if
you open the entry in binary, you just get the number chunk, if you open
it in ascii you get a pretty printed version, or a format description like
Bus: %d
Device: %h
..
to 'vprintf' the values.

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