Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:03:57 -0400 | From | Jim Rees <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] strings: helper for maximum decimal encoding of an unsigned integer |
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Al Viro wrote:
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 05:22:27PM -0400, Jim Rees wrote: > J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com> > > I've seen a couple examples recently where we've gotten this wrong. > Maybe something like this would help? Is there some better way? > > (Approximation due to Jim Rees). > > Please add Suggested-by: Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>. I'm thinking of > patenting the algorithm. Is that a joke?
Yes, that's a joke. Sorry if it wasn't obvious.
I am, however offering up licenses at a cost of one pint of beer per thousand digits converted.
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