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Re: [PATCH v2] log-tree: use custom line terminator in line termination mode

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 1, 2012, 04:27 UTC
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merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
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>>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
> Junio> Having said that, are we sure that
>
> Junio> 	printf "add bar\0initial"
>
>
> Junio> works per specification, or merely works by accident in some
> Junio> implementation?
>
> From the POSIX spec
> (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/printf.html):
>
>     In addition to the escape sequences shown in XBD File Format Notation (
>     '\\' , '\a' , '\b' , '\f' , '\n' , '\r' , '\t' , '\v' ), "\ddd" , where
>     ddd is a one, two, or three-digit octal number, shall be written as a
>     byte with the numeric value specified by the octal number.
>
> Looks pretty intentional to me.  \0 is a nul.

I was staring at the same passage, but somehow it didn't "click" for me that the above is _not_ saying that the NUL would terminate the string.

So I was worried too much and needlessly.  Thanks.
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  2. Andreas SchwabApr 30, 2012
  3. Thomas RastApr 30, 2012
  4. log-tree: use custom line terminator in line termination modeJan Krüger, Apr 30, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  6. log-tree: use custom line terminator in line termination modeJan Krüger, Apr 30, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  8. Jan KrügerApr 30, 2012
  9. Andreas SchwabMay 1, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2012
  11. Andreas SchwabMay 1, 2012
  12. Randal L. SchwartzMay 1, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2012
  14. Jeff KingMay 1, 2012
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