Re: RFC 181 (v1) Formats out of core / New format syntax

[Bart Lateur]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:41:04 -0700, Glenn Linderman wrote:

>>  1) With a string, there can be no compile-time check on the variables.
>> If one isn't found, you can, at best, get a runtime error.
>
>What compile time checks are you expecting on the variables?  For example:

Well, for one: "use strict" should be able to do its job on these format
variables. But I'm not talking about just the variables. I would expect
a compile time check on the format string. Oh well, maybe I'm expecting
too much. There isn't a compile time check on (s)printf format strings,
either.

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        Bart.