On 07/04/2017 09:58 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > I think the idea is to use the extra space only if you mix printf and > puts in the same code block. We have on many place only puts (or > fputs) -- in this case the extra space is unnecessary. What about putting the strings on an extra line regardless whether that is output via printf or fputf or ...; e.g. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/src/du.c#n278 ? Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html