From: Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+tools@mega-nerd.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [6023] Use a hex value instead of possibly ambiguous 8 bit character
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:45:59 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081214224559.c54b844a.mle+tools@mega-nerd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0812141217390.2014@eeepc-johanness>
Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I vote against using isprint(c). The code is simple as it is, otherwise
> you'd have to look up what isprint() does, _and_ rely on isprint() being
> present.
>
> I know, there are many people on this list who are all too happy to rely
> on new-fangled C99 stuff or lock themselves (and others) in with GCCisms.
> Peronally, though, I find it utterly stupid to do that unless you really
> have to.
isprint is part of C89 and any compiler less than 20 years old should
support it.
Erik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-14 11:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-14 9:30 [Qemu-devel] [6023] Use a hex value instead of possibly ambiguous 8 bit character Blue Swirl
2008-12-14 10:34 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-12-14 10:41 ` Blue Swirl
2008-12-14 10:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-12-14 11:11 ` Andreas Schwab
2008-12-14 11:23 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-12-14 11:45 ` Erik de Castro Lopo [this message]
2008-12-14 12:00 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-12-14 17:16 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-12-14 16:10 ` M. Warner Losh
2008-12-14 12:15 ` Blue Swirl
2008-12-14 12:09 ` Blue Swirl
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