[Libclc-developers] Re: clc_ultostr doc change

[Jan E. <je...@li...>]

>>> DESCRIPTION
>>>    The clc_ultostr() function converts the number NUM to a string, in
>>>    base BASE notation.  BASE must be between 2 and 36 inclusive.  SIZE
>>>    must be at least 1.  To summarize it, this function does (nearly)
>>>    exactly the opposite of strtoul().
>>
>> Now we have to discuss what we gain by two spaces.
>
>Er, what?

"Why is there two spaces between a sentence end and the next one
like "notation.  BASE"? Probably just the ugly man<->txt formatter.

>BTW, something else to discuss - on comp.lang.c - is whether or not to
>include this function at all.  There is just one vote there now, and
>that is 'no', so the majority is against:-)
who is that?
the other, who says 'yes' is me, so we 're equal

Oh yeah indeed, few people really need ultostr, as;all they
ever need will be %o, %d and %x, which are in printf.
But, does glibc contain only functions the mass needs?


- Jan Engelhardt