Paul Goyette wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> > [Mat_as] Giovannini wrote:
> > > > > The "adb0 at obio0"
> > > > > line backspaces a little and overwrites the "(mrg)" identifier.
> > > > 
> > > > that's a long-standing problem that results from a hack in the MRG
> > > > support.
> > > 
> > > I didn't know. I thought it was significative. Doesn't gcc have a
> > > #pragma to disable warnings locally?
> > 
> > hmmm....maybe.  i don't really know.  i guess i'll have to go dig through
> > the man pages...
> 
> I'm not sure what gcc has to do with this...

well, the problem is that gcc -Wall won't let you do:

printf("");

or 

printf(NULL);

i believe.
 
> The early code had a timing bug with (IIRC) the IIsi's adb.  To make it
> work, someone stuck in code to echo a couple of backspaces.  This has
> been there _forever_.

yep.

> In my SLOTMAN code, I've actually made this a bit less intrusive by
> changing the first backspace to a space.  So now it prints a space and
> then backspaces over the one it just printed, leaving no noticeable
> trail!

*smack*  why didn't i think of that!  well, it's committed now...

please let me know if this breaks MRG ADB on anyone's machine.

later.

colin