kdbgstream::operator<<({,u}char)

[Michael Matz]

Hi,

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Marc Mutz wrote:

> <snip>
> > if you add a check for 0 and '\n' (to flush) I agree and would
> > suggest you commit it
> <snip>
>
> What should it output for 0? "(NULL)" or "\\0" or nothing?
>
> The attched patch outputs \0 (literally).

sigh.  Again such ugly debug routines.  Before printing a character
uninterpreted to the console it should be tested for printability.  If
they aren't printable I suggest something like "\xAB" for AB being the
hexcode of the character.  See isprint(3).


Ciao,
Michael.