On 7 May 2012 18:04, David Korn <[email protected]> wrote: > cc: [email protected] [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [ast-developers] RFE: Extend ksh93 printf %q to accept > modifiers > -------- > > >> 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.
I have a request: Could you add %(html)q and %(xml)q for ksh93u to ease the transition period, please? Or send patches to do the same to this list for vendors to pick up who may need it, please. _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
