Re: Issue in man page printf.3

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi Helge,

On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:22AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    I<%\\[aq]F> → I<%F> ?
> 
> "For decimal conversion (B<i>, B<d>, B<u>, B<f>, B<F>, B<g>, B<G>)  the "
> "output is to be grouped with thousands' grouping characters if the locale "
> "information indicates any.  (See B<setlocale>(3).)  Note that many versions "
> "of B<gcc>(1)  cannot parse this option and will issue a warning.  (SUSv2 did "
> "not include I<%\\[aq]F>, but SUSv3 added it.)  Note also that the default "
> "locale of a C program is \"C\" whose locale information indicates no "
> "thousands' grouping character.  Therefore, without a prior call to "
> "B<setlocale>(3), no thousands' grouping characters will be printed."

This text was rewritten in
c3b43d3a62cc (2024-06-28, "printf.3: Rework '")

Feel free to send a report in the future if you find problems in the new
text.

Cheers,
Alex

-- 
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature


[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Documentation]     [Netdev]     [Linux Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux