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From: Alain <alainb06-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Typo in scanf
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:43:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EC60C9A.2030201@free.fr> (raw)

/** Sorry, sent again as mimetype plain text (1st mail rejected) **/

There is a typo in the example given under "Note" section.

Sorry I saw just now that there is a very easy way to report that by
mail... I already files the report (and details such as version used =
Ubuntu 10.04.3) here :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/891854

Typo is:

fprintf(stderr, "No matching characters\n"):

Should be instead

fprintf(stderr, "No matching characters\n");


( ';' semicolon terminates an C instruction, and not ':' colon )

I also made a suggestion (see bug report), to change the example using
the 'm' modifier as 'a' seems rather dangerous and obsolete.
This second part is just a suggestion (subject to discussion) whereas
the typo is really there and makes compiling without errors impossible.

Best regards.
Alain BENEDETTI

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             reply	other threads:[~2011-11-18  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-18  7:43 Alain [this message]
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     [not found] ` <4EC609E9.80707-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-02 19:04   ` Typo in scanf Michael Kerrisk

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