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Re: [PATCH] benchtests: Improve readability of JSON output
- From: Will Newton <will dot newton at linaro dot org>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 12:03:00 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] benchtests: Improve readability of JSON output
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On 8 April 2014 11:24, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 04/08/2014 12:15 PM, Will Newton wrote:
>
>>> Getting this right is quite a challenge for other (real) JSON libraries.
>>> They are also affected by the locale issue.
>>
>>
>> Luckily we don't need to be 100% general here and we have quite a
>> narrow use case.
>
>
> Sure, it's not a problem for benchtests reporting. It's just something that
> keeps showing up in various C JSON libraries.
>
> It's a pity that we don't have (on GNU/Linux at least) a canonical library
> to get gdtoa-type functionality from.
I think the "a" specifier would work but JSON does not support hex formats.
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Will Newton
Toolchain Working Group, Linaro