Re: PATCH: printf builtin

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

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 <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070


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