Re: [PATCH] printf.3: Document 'l' length modifier for a, A, e, E, f, F, g, and G

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On 2022-05-24 15:23:33 +0300, Stefan Puiu wrote:
> OK, now I think I understand what you mean. I guess "a following ...
> conversion" (used all over that man page, as you said) sounds a bit
> weird to me, though it might be proper English, I don't know.

It also sounds a bit weird to me (though this is grammatically
correct), but FYI, the ISO C standard uses the same words: "Specifies
that a following d, i, o, u, x, or X conversion specifier applies to
[...]", etc. So I suppose that there isn't any problem with this.

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