[Toybox] dd.test spaces in numbers?

[scsijon]

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> both BSD and GNU dd ignore leading whitespace, which is why i didn't
> simplify that when i was adding hex support (which only GNU has). but i
> don't know whether anyone is relying on this.
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> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know why tests/dd.test is checking for spaces before
>> numbers? ('count= 2' on line 15, for example?)
>>
>> Was this an issue for somebody? Is it in a spec somewhere? Why is this a
>> behavior that needs to be preserved in a new implementation?
>>
>> Just wondering where that came from,
>>
>> Rob
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Something to do with conv from memory, for dealing with m$, dos and cpm 
files which can have them.

regards