[parted-devel] [patch] Use 'p' partition separator only when necessary

[Phillip Susi]

On 3/29/2011 3:19 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> This will make it more difficult for tools to parse the name to get the
> partition number. Having p%d always present is much easier to handle
> than %d or p%d

When do tools need to parse like that?  AFAIK, they only need to add the
partition number, not remove it.  In other words, parted deals with the
base disk device 99% of the time, then just needs to append the
partition number to format the newly created partition.  It also has
managed to deal with the sometimes 'p' in other types of devices for ages.