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Re: doc string of `format' - FLAGS unexplained
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: doc string of `format' - FLAGS unexplained |
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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:27:47 +0100 |
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Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
> In particular, the statement "flags is [-+ #0]+" is misleading; it
> should be [+ #]+, since the - and 0 characters are actually used to
> identify the width specifier instead.
This is wrong. '-' and '0' are real flags that can be freely mixed with
other flags, eg. "%0#10d" is valid and the same as "%#010d". They are
never considered part of the width.
Andreas.
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