[PATCH v1 1/1] cmd: setexpr: add dec operation for converting variable to decimal

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon,

In message <CAPnjgZ13=2SCsZC1Y+m-HZOiBhpGiEFe2dRWwK9sAZHutgaO7Q at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >  > 0m123 ? ('m' for deciMal).
> >
> > Perhaps 0d123? Though I would prefer to remove many of the implicit
> > assumptions of hex input.
>
> Right, we can't use 'd' because it is valid hex.
>
> I believe hex is the right default. We just need an easy way to use decimal.

Maybe we should make this more general and support an even wirder
range of formats?  Instead of just converting to decimal, we could
pass a format string for sprintf() ?

Like:

	# setexpr foo fmt %d $value

?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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