On 2020-10-18 07:46, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
On 10/18/20 3:05 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 10/17/20 2:37 PM, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote:
since POSIX.1-2008.
+.PP
+Prior to POSIX.1-2008,
+the type was either an integer type or a real-floating type.
No actual POSIXish implementation ever made it a real-floating type, though, and
that point should be made lest some conscientious programmer worry about a
nonexistent porting issue.
Thanks for catching this, Paul!
Alex, I suggest either we drop this patch, or you could reword as
something like:
"In POSIX.1-2001, the type was specified as being either an integer
type or a real-floating type. However, existing implementations
used an integer type, and POSIX.1-2008 tightened the specification
to reflect this."
Thanks,
Michael
Thanks, Paul!
Michael, I would opt for the simpler: drop the patch.
Thanks,
Alex
