From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 02:29:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] CodingGuidelines: quote assigned value in 'local var=$val'
Message-ID: <xmqqplv3p6ji.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <02c801da87c1$eac025f0$c04071d0$@nexbridge.com>

<rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:

>>  - Use octal escape sequences (e.g. "\302\242"), not hexadecimal (e.g.
>>    "\xc2\xa2") in printf format strings, since hexadecimal escape
>>    sequences are not portable.
>
> I can confirm, at least for the set of platforms I work on, that printf with
> hex values is definitely not portable.

Sure, that is why we have that rule that we see in the context.