From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9474 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2001 17:04:23 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 5 Oct 2001 17:04:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 25696 invoked by alias); 5 Oct 2001 17:04:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 15952 Received: (qmail 25683 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2001 17:04:12 -0000 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: PATCH: printf builtin In-reply-to: "Oliver Kiddle"'s message of "Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:54:59 BST." <3BBDC9C3.96DD07BD@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 18:03:33 +0100 Message-ID: <22647.1002301413@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson Oliver Kiddle wrote: > +#define print_val(VAL) \ > + if (width >= 0) { \ > + if (prec >= 0) \ > + printf(start, width, prec, VAL); \ > + else \ > + printf(start, width, VAL); \ > + } else { \ > + if (prec >= 0) \ > + printf(start, prec, VAL); \ > + else \ > + printf(start, VAL); \ > + } I was wondering if we could do something better with vfprintf, but actually it's not obvious we can. In the long run, upgrading convbase, convfloat and padding for parameter strings probably provides the neatest solution. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **********************************************************************