Hi Stefan, On 2022-05-24 10:07:43 +0300, Stefan Puiu wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 8:33 AM Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3 > > index 4fa1f11f3..a231d626c 100644 > > --- a/man3/printf.3 > > +++ b/man3/printf.3 > > @@ -503,6 +503,17 @@ argument, or a following > > conversion corresponds to a pointer to > > .I wchar_t > > argument. > > +On a following > > +.BR a , > > +.BR A , > > +.BR e , > > +.BR E , > > +.BR f , > > +.BR F , > > +.BR g , > > +or > > +.B G > > +conversion, this length modifier is ignored (C99; not in SUSv2). > > I'm not a native English speaker, but I think "Following a ... > conversion" sounds better, unless I misunderstand the phrase. "Following a ... conversion" would mean the opposite, while it is the conversion that follows the length modifier. Moreover, I wrote "a following ... conversion" because this is what is always written in this section on the length modifier, under the form "A following ... conversion corresponds to ...". -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
