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Johan Vromans

Date:

September 27, 2011 23:06

Subject:

Re: [perl #100190] RFE: fix sprintf to be consistent with printf and be useful!

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m28vp9i4kd.fsf@phoenix.squirrel.nl

Linda Walsh (via RT) <perlbug-followup@perl.org> writes:

> I would assert that this behavior goes against the "spirit of
> perl" to "always do the right thing".  To do something that is
> "almost never useful" can "almost never be the right thing".

+1

-- Johan

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