[m-dev.] string_format_tests

[Peter Ross]

fjh wrote:
> On 21-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> > Do you have a copy of the ANSI standard where you can check which flags
are
> > valid with which type specifiers?
>
> Sure.
>
> # is valid for o, x, X, e, E, f, g, G, undefined behaviour for others.
>
> 0 is valid for d, i, o, u, x, X, e, E, f, g, and G, undefined behaviour
>   for others.
>
> - is valid for all specifiers
>
> + is defined for "signed conversions", which I guess is d, i, e, E, f, F,
g.
>   Valid (but has no effect) for others.
>
Thanks, then one of the failures on taifun is definitely due to a bug in the
C library.  Would you prefer the test case to be disabled on taifun or
should I add the buggy expected output as valid output.


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