Re: [OT] Is od broken?

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
>>
>> Gary noticed an issue with the indentation of multi-specifier od:
>>
>> $ od -t cx1  abc.txt
>> ~   0000000   T   h   i   s       i   s       a   b   c       f   i   l   e
>> ~           54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 62 63 20 66 69 6c 65
>> ~   0000020  \n
>> ~           0a
>> ~   0000021
>>
>> |> | That looks horrible!
>> |>
>> |> Not a compliance bug, but you are certainly welcome to report it upstream
>> |> as an QoI enhancement request.
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> Here's my attempt at a series to address this:
>
> Eric Blake (3):
>   od defaults to -toS, not -td2.
>   Align multiple od -t specs.
>   Simplify long double support.

Thanks a lot!
This looks like a fine improvement.
I'll review the code tomorrow or Friday.