[m-dev.] for review: string__fmt

[Fergus Henderson]

On 08-Aug-2000, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 12:59:32PM +1000, Tyson Dowd wrote:
> > On 07-Aug-2000, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> > > +	% valid float conversion specifiers
> > > +spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['e'].
> > > +spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['E'].
> > > +spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['f'].
> > > +spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['F'].
> > > +spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['g'].
> > > +spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['G'].
> > > +% spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['a'].
> > > +% spec([P | _Ps]) --> { P = f(_) }, ['A'].
> > 
> > Why are these commented out?
> > 
> They are valid for sprintf but not by the documentation of
> string__format.

These format specifiers are new in C99.  They are not present in C89.
You should document that, and the comments here should also explain
why the C99 stuff is commented out.

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