> So C99 explicitly requires failure *for encoding errors* and > explicitly requires multibyte encoding for the format string. > So it appears that *everybody* (except us) is in blatant violation > of C99. > > To hell with multibyte characters! How on earth do so many dragons > fit into such a small rabbit hole! > > Sigh,
Humans make mistakes. Those can be fixed. Doubling down on dangeorus weasel words of some document isn't a mistake, it is foolish endangerment. Can you please step back from your interpretation of the sloppy words in the documents, and think HOW SHOULD THIS WORK AND WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST DIRECTION. THAT IS ENGINEERING RATHER THAN DOGMA.
