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Re: scanf non-conformance
- To: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>
- Subject: Re: scanf non-conformance
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 15 Aug 2000 09:53:27 -0700
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008150909450.27630-100000@ashi.FootPrints.net>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net> writes:
> Recognizing additional conversion specifiers is permitted in a
> conforming C90 scanf implementation. I believe that the behavior of
> using these is undefined; so it is the program that uses these
> extensions that fails to be strictly conforming.
Using uppercase characters for new formats and modifiers is allowed.
The a modifier violates this rule.
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