ABI array format

Kenny B funisher at gmail.com
Wed Dec 19 20:56:04 PST 2007


Walter Bright wrote:
> Kenny B wrote:
>> Why then, is
>> the ABI for the arrays in reverse order...
>>
>> (length, pointer)
> 
> It was so you could pass a D string to printf and print using the %.*s
> format.

that's what I figured. printf has almost completely been phased out. is
it possible that this format can be reversed when printf is a thing from
the past?

Thanks man,
Kenny



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