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Subject: Re: Re: [ast-developers] RFE: Extend ksh93 printf %q to accept 
modifiers
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> David, FYI: The C99 extensions for decimal floating point specify the
> new printf formats %Hf, %Df and %DDf for decimal floating point
> datatypes _Decimal32, _Decimal64 and _Decimal64 (these will become
> mandatory for the next C standard, including printf %Hf, %Df and %DDf
> formats). If AST wants to remain POSIX conform ant then %H for HTML
> has to be depreciated in favor of a different %<letter>. My preference
> would be the %(html)q proposal.
> 
> Irek
> 

This is good to know.  Since H is a modifier, if it is not followed by f,
I could continue to treat it as %H for backward compatibility.
I plan to add the %(xxx)q formats in ksh93v.

David Korn
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