Mitchell Blank Jr wrote:
> > > create_proc_entries(NULL,
> > > "test:{bar:{x:%d,y:%d,z:%d},foo:%f}",
> > > &x, &y, &z, foo_fun);
> >
> > printf-style stuff sucks whenever you use more abstract types.
>
> I tend to agree - the "%" convention is just a throwback to a time
> before C had string constant concatenation. The above would be
> much cleaner if we did:
I disagree. "%" is used in GCC too -- for compactness.
Just compare "movl %w0,%1" with
"movl" ASM_ARG_WORD ASM_ARG0 "," ASM_ARG1.
The whole point of Matt Aubury's patch is to make the code that creates
proc entries more compact.
-- Jamie
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