On 10/21/2010 08:09 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Eric Blake<[email protected]> writes:
On 10/21/2010 03:22 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Jim Meyering<[email protected]> writes:
And besides, with coreutils-8.6 already released, reverting the
change is no longer an option.
Why? I'm pretty sure more breakage will pop up over time.
How would you propose 'fixing' it?
Add a flag character, eg. %.X.
%.X is no good, since we already support %.1X (that is, all printf()
flags should keep their existing printf() meaning). But Jim's proposal
of %:X for extended stat info, especially given how date already
supports %:z for extended timezone formatting, makes sense to me. In
fact, %.3:X might be a nice way to request that the result be displayed
in milliseconds, although Jim's proof of concept patch didn't cover that
aspect.
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