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SubjectRe: RFC: Representation of large hex values
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"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org> writes:

> For clarity, it would seem best to use a distinct format character;
> so perhaps prefix these numbers by 0y (read Oi!) and then you
> could use %y (and %Y if you REALLY want) in printf.

POSIX defines the ' flag to enable use of thousand separators for decimal
formats. This could easily be extended to hex formats.

Andreas.

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