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From:
ianb
Date:
March 10, 2002 20:58
Subject:
Re: rethinking printf
Message ID:
20020311155833.K16933@ot.com.au
On 10 Mar 02 at 11:14:26PM, Uri Guttman wrote:
> i really think that the printf format spec is so standard and ingrained
> that changing it with # for % or requiring \% is not a good idea.
>
> but then again, backwards compatibility is not a rule you must always
> obey. i just think in this case it should be.
Especially as this is a case in which the functionality itself is not
broken, and not itself under review, but rather that a seemingly
unrelated proposed change to another part of the language is in effect
breaking printf.
If the printf formats were to be changed simply to accommodate other
changes elsewhere, then they should really be looked at more
generally: what would people like to get out of them, before we break
them?
But even then, backwards compatibility would be nice...
Ian Boreham
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