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From: Adriano Verardo <a.verardo@tecmav.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] binary sprint format
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erik quanstrom wrote:
>>> i believe you need to update your libc.h.  you need pragmas for
>>> the "b" format, which were added 2007/0108.
>>>
>>> - erik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm using a distribution downloaded about 2 months ago. The machine has
>> been installed from scratch.
>>
>
> perhaps you have not included everything necessary?
>
> ; cat fmtb.c
> #include <u.h>
> #include <libc.h>
>
> void
> main(void)
> {
> 	print("%b\n", 16);
> 	exits("");
> }
>
> ; 8c -FVTw fmtb.c && 8l fmtb.8 && 8.out
> 10000
>
> - erik
>
>
Your example works on my machine too.

What could be the reason why 8c complains about sprint(buf, "%b", 16) in
a driver whose includes are:

#include "u.h"
#include "../port/lib.h"
#include "mem.h"
#include "dat.h"
#include "fns.h"

Am I using them in a wrong way ?

adriano