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Subject: Re: [RFA] split up ui_printf, fix decfloat printing bugs
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On 2/11/13 1:33 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
> 
> Doug> I don't understand this code in ui_printf:
> [...]
> Doug> It makes no sense given that the format string is parsed into pieces.
> Doug> Am I missing something?
> 
> I don't understand it either.
> I also think it is wrong as-is.

Yeah, it looked kind of freaky to me too, but at the time I was more
concerned about inadvertantly regressing printing and left it alone.

Stan
stan@codesourcery.com