On 1/8/2013 22:38, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
I wonder what it would take to write a version of sprintf in Perl 6 or
NQP directly, ignoring all speed aspects for the time being. Then we'd
at least have something portable, provably correct, easily modified,
and that could be used as a reference implementation. It also might
give some pointers on what can be done to ultimately deal with speed
issues.
This is my preference, for what it's worth. It would also fix the
sprintf of big integer issues we currently have, and be a win for porting.
/jnthn
