On 2022-12-14 10:39, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
Hi Ian & Zack,
On 12/14/22 11:22, Ian Abbott wrote:
On 14/12/2022 02:18, Zack Weinberg wrote:
Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
On 12/12/2022 02:11, Zack Weinberg wrote:
Field widths are awkward to use because you have to write them as
decimal constants _inside the format string_…
It's a shame that scanf's maximum field width couldn't be specified
using an integer parameter in the same was as printf's minimum field
width, but the '*' flag was already taken!
Yup. I suppose we could make up another flag … ‘@’ isn’t used for
anything …
'@' isn't included in C's basic character set though. '&' is available.
Just a curious question from an ignorant: what's the difference between
the basic character set and the source character set?
The source character set may contain locale-specific characters outside
the basic source character set.
Actually, there are two basic character sets - the basic source
character set and the basic execution character set (which includes the
basic source character set plus a few control characters). The source
character set and/or execution character set may contain
locale-specific, extended characters outside the basic character set.
https://port70.net/~nsz/c/c11/n1570.html#5.2.1
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