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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] lib/vsprintf.c: Add %pU to print UUID/GUIDs
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 07:01, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> UUID/GUIDs are somewhat common in kernel source.
>
> Standardize the printed style of UUID/GUIDs by using
> another extension to %p.
>
> %pU:    01020304-0506-0708-090a-0b0c0d0e0f10
> %pUr:   04030201-0605-0807-090a-0b0c0d0e0f10
> %pU[r]X:Use upper case hex

To me, it looks a bit strange to have the options after the `U', combined with
the variable-length nature.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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