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Date:      Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:37:27 -0800
From:      Ravi Pokala <rpokala@mac.com>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa@gmail.com>, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org>,  src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r310171 - head/sys/sys
Message-ID:  <F65A3D59-6FCD-4EEC-B2D2-40DB682B716D@panasas.com>
In-Reply-To: <1482175209.48539.9.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <201612161949.uBGJnMol059217@repo.freebsd.org> <CAMOc5cw8cBUN5UZjcRJ-vM5WE0vmD2AGDZ-raKTraFz7LBR2hg@mail.gmail.com> <9BD5034F-55A6-48F6-A391-A0877FF49702@panasas.com> <CANCZdfoN_NNsU2bW2mvLifSCoNhYj-XNvNYLosMsbmnbG9JfYQ@mail.gmail.com> <1482175209.48539.9.camel@freebsd.org>

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-----Original Message-----
> From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
> Date: 2016-12-19, Monday at 11:20
> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Ravi Pokala <rpokala@mac.com>
> Cc: Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa@gmail.com>, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r310171 - head/sys/sys
> 
> On Mon, 2016-12-19 at 11:58 -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> 
>> Are there other precedence for avoiding the SCN macros in the tree as
>> well, or is this new art?
>> 
>> Warner
> 
> There was another commit recently the fixed the same kind of scanf
> error by making the variable fit the scanf type (changing uint64_t to
> an explicit long long unsigned, iirc).  I don't know if that alone
> counts as a precedent, but IMO it's a more palatible fix than the
> SCN/PRI ugliness.

With all apologies to Churchill, SCN/PRI are the worst way to address this in a machine-independent way, except for all the other ways that have been tried from time to time. :-P

-Ravi (rpokala@)

> -- Ian






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