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From: Paolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini@lu.unisi.ch>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] git-branch: add --track and --no-track options
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:22:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45EC51D0.7000406@lu.unisi.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703051701331.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

>>>> +	/* Try an exact match first.  */
>>>> +	sscanf(value, "refs/%*[^:]:%n", &len_first);
>>> This is the first time I saw that sscanf format type. How portable is it?
>> It is.  At the very least it is in OpenGroup.
> 
> That is not very reassuring for me. However, I learnt something new about 
> sscanf(), so it was not lost on me.

Google books reveals that it's called a "scanset" (I didn't know that either).  I found it in "C: The Complete Reference" by Herb Schildt (2000) and "POSIX Programmer's Guide" by D.A. Lewine (1991).  I don't have K&R at hand to check.

Paolo

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-05 17:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-05  8:57 [PATCH 1/3] git-branch: add --track and --no-track options Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 14:50 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-05 15:22   ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 16:09     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-05 17:22       ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2007-03-05 15:36   ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 15:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-05 16:54       ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 17:16         ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-05 17:22           ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 18:37             ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-05 21:19               ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 21:27                 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-06  7:23                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-05 23:09                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-06  6:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-06  7:26   ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-06  7:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-06  7:48       ` Paolo Bonzini
2007-03-06  8:22         ` Junio C Hamano

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