Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:58:17 +0000 | From | Philippe Elie <> | Subject | Re: RFC: Representation of large hex values |
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > (OK, this isn't strictly a kernel thing - but it seems to be a good > place for peoples thoughts on this, and the kernel would be one > place to start it off) > > The problem: Large (64 bit) hex values are cumbersome - especially > when they contain strings of 0's in the middle > > Suggestion: Print hex value with a seperator every 4 or 8 nybbles > to aid in counting. After some discussion it seems that _ > is a decent seperator - e.g. > > 1000_0000_0000_1234
You'll break people piping output to tools, you must solve this by running the output to your own filter which split hexa number.
regards, Phil
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