Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:49:55 -0700 (PDT) | From | Tim Smith <> | Subject | Re: ARMS WAVING!!! Proposal to fix /proc dainbrammage. |
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On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote: > See? There are no byte order problems with "123.456" - everybody agrees > that it is a floating point number somewhere between the integers 123 and > 124. And that's regardless of how they represent the actual bits in > memory.
Actually, don't a lot of people think that 123.456 is an integer between 123000 and 124000, and that 123,456 is a floating point number somewhere between 123 and 124? This is the only possible objection I can think of to having numbers formatted for humans in /proc, and it is a pretty lame objection, but for completelness, I thought it should be pointed out.
Would it be reasonable to have some kind of format version number in each entry in /proc? Perhaps the first line could be an integer that gets bumped if the format of that entry is ever changed in a way that would not be compatible with non-braindead existing programs? Might as well allow for the possibility that the current reorganization of /proc (if it goes anywhere...) might not be the last and make it easier on programs that want to part things there.
--Tim Smith
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