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Re: [PATCH] manual: Document %m instead of %a for formatted input.
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- Cc: Ville Skytta <ville dot skytta at iki dot fi>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:32:49 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] manual: Document %m instead of %a for formatted input.
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- References: <20140211140022 dot GB22794 at domone dot podge>
> * manual/stdio.texi (Dynamic String Input): Recommend %m modifier instead of %a.
This line is too long.
> +A POSIX.1-2008 extension to formatted input lets you safely
It doesn't make sense to talk about "a POSIX.1-2008 extension", even if
that were accurate. (Actually it's an ISO C-1990 feature.) Something in
one of the core standards we implement is not "an extension". The manual
also needs to continue to document the GNU %a extension, and explain the
effect of -std mode. %a is also mentioned in @node String Input Conversions
that needs to be updated too.