Oh yeah, I see it in the C/C++ standards now. My bad.
Brad. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Sebor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sebor > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [jira] Updated: (STDCXX-871) document > rw_printf() formatting/conversion specifiers > > Eric Lemings (JIRA) wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-871?page=com.atla > ssian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] > > > > Eric Lemings updated STDCXX-871: > > No. They are called directives (specifiers are some of the letters > used in the directives). Please change it back and read the sprintf > spec either in C99 on in POSIX: > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/sprintf.html > > > -------------------------------- > > > > Description: The {{rw_printf()}} family of functions > (declared in the > [{{<rw_printf.h>}}|http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/stdcxx/trun > k/tests/include/rw_printf.h] header) extend the similar C99 > functions by a number of formatting specifiers for various > C++ types. Only a few of these are documented, making the > functions hard to use. Documentation for the remaining > specifiers needs to be added. (was: The {{rw_printf()}} > family of functions (declared in the > [{{<rw_printf.h>}}|http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/stdcxx/trun > k/tests/include/rw_printf.h] header) extend the similar C99 > functions by a number of formatting directives for various > C++ types. Only a few of these are documented, making the > functions hard to use. Documentation for the remaining > directives needs to be added.) > > Summary: document rw_printf() formatting/conversion > specifiers (was: document rw_printf() directives) > > > > I think they're technically referred to as formatting or > conversion specifiers. "Directives" implies preprocessing directives. > > > >> document rw_printf() formatting/conversion specifiers > >> ----------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Key: STDCXX-871 > >> URL: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-871 > >> Project: C++ Standard Library > >> Issue Type: Improvement > >> Components: Test Driver > >> Affects Versions: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.2.0 > >> Reporter: Martin Sebor > >> Fix For: 4.2.2 > >> > >> Original Estimate: 4h > >> Remaining Estimate: 4h > >> > >> The {{rw_printf()}} family of functions (declared in the > [{{<rw_printf.h>}}|http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/stdcxx/trun > k/tests/include/rw_printf.h] header) extend the similar C99 > functions by a number of formatting specifiers for various > C++ types. Only a few of these are documented, making the > functions hard to use. Documentation for the remaining > specifiers needs to be added. > > > >
