Re: [Libclc-developers] Re: clc_ultostr doc change

[regis <re...@in...>]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> >>> 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.

Typographic rules change from languages to languages.

In French: 
a) for simple marks => no space before and one after 
(comma, period)
 
b) for double marks => one insecable space before and one space after,
(colon, exclamation, question mark)

In English:
a) same as in French except for the period (two spaces after)
b) no space before double marks but one after

In both languages:
c) suspension mark (...) follows the same rule as for the period. 

> 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?

base 2 is more useful than base 8 and is missing...

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Regis