bug#21325: ls : feature request --width=zero

2015-08-23 Thread Beco
Good morning, From:Erik Auerswald, Date:Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:00:32 +0200 Hi, [...] Numbers between 32 bit SIZE_MAX and 64 bit SIZE_MAX will show differing behavior between 32 and 64 bit platforms (and data models). In practice this should be irrelevant, but it might result in very obscure

bug#21325: ls : feature request --width=zero

2015-08-23 Thread Erik Auerswald
Hi, On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 08:58:01PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: Pádraig Brady wrote: Also base64 -w0 has similar meaning. I didn't know that, but I don't like that either. Utilities should use an explicit representation for infinity, if that's what they need. 'Inf', say. In the

bug#21325: ls : feature request --width=zero

2015-08-23 Thread Erik Auerswald
Hi, On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 04:35:06AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: Erik Auerswald wrote: an explicit Inf keyword is still better than some number that relies on system limits With the latest patch, there are no system limits; you can use as big a number as you like. I'm aware of the use 0

bug#21325: ls : feature request --width=zero

2015-08-23 Thread Paul Eggert
Erik Auerswald wrote: an explicit Inf keyword is still better than some number that relies on system limits With the latest patch, there are no system limits; you can use as big a number as you like. I'm aware of the use 0 to denote infinity tradition, but I'm still leery of using a valid

bug#21325: ls : feature request --width=zero

2015-08-23 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 08/23/2015 01:35 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: Erik Auerswald wrote: an explicit Inf keyword is still better than some number that relies on system limits With the latest patch, there are no system limits; you can use as big a number as you like. I'm aware of the use 0 to denote infinity

bug#21325: ls : feature request --width=zero

2015-08-23 Thread Stephane Chazelas
2015-08-23 13:26:35 +0200, Erik Auerswald: Hi, On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 08:58:01PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: Pádraig Brady wrote: Also base64 -w0 has similar meaning. I didn't know that, but I don't like that either. Utilities should use an explicit representation for infinity, if