Re: [PATCH] scanf.3: Do not mention the ERANGE error

Ian Abbott
2022-12-14T10:22:12Z

On 14/12/2022 02:18, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> writes:
>
>> On 12/12/2022 02:11, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>> Field widths are awkward to use because you have to write them as
>>> decimal constants _inside the format string_…
>>
>> It's a shame that scanf's maximum field width couldn't be specified
>> using an integer parameter in the same was as printf's minimum field
>> width, but the '*' flag was already taken!
>
> Yup. I suppose we could make up another flag … ‘@’ isn’t used for
> anything …

'@' isn't included in C's basic character set though. '&' is available.

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