[PATCH 6/6] lib: Provide a signed version of simple_itoa()

[Simon Glass]

Hi Tom,

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 at 16:36, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 03:04:00PM +0000, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 at 15:20, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 01:12:30PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > > > Am 19. März 2025 12:59:08 MEZ schrieb Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>:
> > > > >In some cases we want to show a signed value to the user without needing
> > > > >to use the full printf() implementation. Add a new version of the
> > > > >simple_itoa() function to handle this.
> > > >
> > > > Where will this be used?
> > > > Why can't printf be used?
> > > > Why would this fit into this series which is about test improvements and not about functional changes?
> > >
> > > It would be more fair to say that only one patch in this series is about
> > > testing and 5 are adding otherwise unused changes to functions that
> > > presumably are used in some later as yet to be posted series.
> >
> > Sure, would you like me to change the cover letter?
>
> No, I'd like to see the test by itself and defer the unused additions
> until there's something to review it alongside of.

So you don't want simple_itoa_signed() or abuf_printf() until you see
the series which uses it? I'm struggling to square that with your
request to break things up into smaller chunks, though.

Regards,
Simon