On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 8:10 PM Stephane Chazelas
wrote:
> 2023-09-01 07:54:02 -0500, Eric Blake via austin-group-l at The Open Group:
>
>
> FWIW, a "printf %b" github shell code search returns ~ 29k
> entries
> (
> https://github.com/search?q=printf+%25b+language%3AShell=code=Shell
> )
>
>
Ha
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 9:11 PM Chet Ramey wrote:
>
> I doubt I'd ever remove %b, even in posix mode -- it's already been there
> for 25 years.
>
>
> Neither one is a very good choice, but `#' is the better one. It at least
> has a passing resemblence to the desired functionality.
>
> Why not
Well after reading yet another thread regarding libc_printf() I got to
admit that even %B is crossed out, (Yet already choosen by ksh93)
The other thread also speak about libc_printf() documentting %# as
undefined for things other than a, A, e, E, f, F, g, and G, yet the same
thread also talk
