Re: [hackers] [PATCH][sbase] cmp: Make output POSIX compliant

From: Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 20:42:56 +0000

Hello,

just as a quick note: the "byte" wording was used deliberately, as POSIX makes the common mistake to mistake one for the other. Given sbase/ubase should be better than that, we decided to clarify here that cmp really just counts bytes rather than characters.

If you know a script that breaks from it, it is a good reason to change it, but in my opinion a much clearer interactive response is much more important. Come to think of it, the output is hard to parse anyway.

With best regards

Laslo


On May 19, 2019 3:37:01 PM UTC, Richard Ipsum <richardipsum_AT_fastmail.co.uk> wrote:


>- printf("%s %s differ: byte %zu, line %zu\n",
>+ printf("%s %s differ: char %zu, line %zu\n",
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