[Bug 55371] printf: a conversion specifier doesn't necessarily ask for an argument

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55371

Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WILL_NOT_FIX

--- Comment #7 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---
So, I've stepped back from this a little, to think about it more. I don't agree
with the characterization of this problem as an error. The sentence you refer
to is a generalization. The exceptions are clarified later. I don't think it
help comprehensibility, nor readability, to clutter the initial discussion with
a note that there are some exceptions. By the time folk get to the point in the
page where %% is discussed, it's also noted as an exception to the general
rule; problem solved. printf() is a complex API. It's reasonable to expect that
people should read the documentation with some care.

Summary: there's nothing to fix here, so I'm not fixing it.

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