Re: [PATCH 1/3] add binary printf

[Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 07:56:35PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Instead of calling the in/out helper from the decoder, why not 
> > calling the decoder from these three functions and let them 
> > take the appropriate actions for each decoded format token?
> > 
> > Naive example:
> > 
> > bstr_printf() {
> > 	while (decode_format(...))
> > 		if (type == number)
> > 			read_number_from_buf()
> > 			str = number(....)
> > 		....
> > }
> > 
> > vsnprintf {
> > 	while (decode_format(...))
> > 		if (type == number)
> > 			var_arg(...)
> > 			str = number(....)
> > 		....
> > }
> > 
> > vbin_printf {
> > 	while (decode_format(...))
> > 		if (type == number)
> > 			var_arg(...)
> > 			write_number_to_buffer()
> > 		...
> > }
> > 
> > And the standard in/out pieces can be invoked through helpers.
> 
> ok, that looks rather clean too. And maybe vsnprintf() and 
> bstr_printf() could be further unified?


Yes, read process can be unified between vbin_printf and vsnprintf
and write process can be unified between bstr_printf and vsnprintf,
both further than the above example.


> I guess it depends on how it all looks like in the end. Only one 
> way to find out ...


Let's try, the practice will tell us more, I'm on it.

Thanks.

> 	Ingo