On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 20:08:37 -0700 David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/1/18 6:19 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > The first group of patches refactor the printout to breakup > > excessively long print_route function and the last few implement > > JSON and color output format for routes. > > > > The one thing that maybe controversial is changing the default > > json output format to be compact. The value of JSON is for programattic > > output therefore pretty-printing should be an option. > > > > One change I didn't make (but considered) is not calling fflush > > after every single entry. When dumping millions of routes, letting > > stdio buffer output would be a performance win. > > > > Stephen Hemminger (16): > > iproute: refactor printing flags > > iproute: make printing icmpv6 a function > > iproute: make printing IPv4 cache flags a function > > iproute: refactor cacheinfo printing > > iproute: refactor metrics print > > iproute: refactor printing flow info > > iproute2: refactor newdst, gateway and via printing > > iproute: refactor multipath print > > iproute: refactor printing of interface > > iproute: whitespace fixes > > iproute: don't do assignment in condition > > iproute: make flush a separate function > > iproute: implement JSON and color output > > json: make pretty printing optional > > man: add documentation for json and pretty flags > > json: fix newline at end of array > > > > The first 12 look fine to me; familiar territory. Why not send those > outside of the json patches which require a closer look? > When I submit final version, will break into three sets. First is refactoring (including doing flags better), then color/json. Lastly, the pretty print change.
