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Re: [PATCH] strftime: Allow use of both 'E' and 'O' like "%OEy", "%OEY" [BZ #24453]
- From: TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki at linet dot gr dot jp>
- To: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:18:35 +0900
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] strftime: Allow use of both 'E' and 'O' like "%OEy", "%OEY" [BZ #24453]
- References: <52bb1e8f-90a0-f461-0707-3b7e9437068a@cs.ucla.edu>
Hello Paul-san,
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strftime: Allow use of both 'E' and 'O' like "%OEy", "%OEY" [BZ #24453]
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:54:30 -0700
> On 4/17/19 2:10 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > I think we should support only the spellings %EO and %OE, without
> > repetition.
>
> Why not support just %EO for now, and continue to reject %OE? That would
> allow more space for future extensions. Plus it would make the proposed
> code a bit simpler and faster.
I agree with this proposal. However, I would like to support just %OE
and continue to reject %EO. Because, %OE* is a variant of %E*.
Regards,
TAMUKI Shoichi