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Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] sort: fix --debug display with very large offset
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] sort: fix --debug display with very large offsets |
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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:48:28 -0700 |
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On 07/27/10 13:29, Eric Blake wrote:
> I'd rather see something along the lines of:
>
> while (INT_MAX < offset)
> {
> printf ("%*s", INT_MAX, "");
> offset -= INT_MAX;
> }
> printf ("%*s", (int) offset), "");
That'd be fine too. It's only used during debugging,
and there is a similar loop with putchar ('_') that can't so easily
be replaced, which is why I didn't bother.