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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 |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:07:23 +0100 |
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Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
> Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> The question is, do we regard this as an undocumented side-effect of
> the implementation?
It works the same as in C, which is widely understood. Gratuitous
differences only confuse people.
Andreas.
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