Re: [patch] printf "%p" gdb internal error fix

Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-09-15T18:40:10Z

On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 09:12:20PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> We can, if we have the exact title and other details.

All I know is:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/standards

Sorry.

> > Can't we describe it as a mostly complete C89 printf instead of a
> > mostly incomplete C99 printf?
>
> I don't think it's right to ask our readers to be familiar with the
> history of the C standards. That is why I didn't even mention C99 (or
> any other standard).

I don't think it's right to have it both ways. If we say it behaves
like the C "printf" function - which I personally think is the most
useful way to describe it, for readers' benefit - then it behooves us
to say which one. There are probably a dozen or more variations. I
can name five off the top of my head: C89, C99, SUSv2, Microsoft VC++
(%I64), C++ (which has wchar_t but not some other C99 features).

I don't feel terribly strongly about this, though, and you're
definitely the expert.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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