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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] strings: helper for maximum decimal encoding of an unsigned integer
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    On Fre, 2012-09-14 at 16:25 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
    > On Friday 2012-09-14 15:46, Jim Rees wrote:
    > >Jan Engelhardt wrote:
    > > >A pure K&R-C version would use a string:
    > > >#define base10len(i) "\0x1\0x3\0x5\0x8\0x0A\0x0D\0x0F\0x11\0x14"[sizeof(i)]
    > > >(if I converted them properly into hexadecimal)
    > > The syntax is \x01\x03\x05...
    > >
    > >K&R doesn't have the \x escape, only \0 (octal).

    We cuold use octal too.

    > People recommend K&R only for the introductory reading, not for its
    > actuality.

    And I actually used it to show that no gcc-isms are necessary. ANSI-C is
    fine too for that case.

    Bernd
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