[perl #20654] %*v02x considered invalid in printf

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Jay Tilton reports this on c.l.p.misc : (<3e3afb24.30030635@news.erols.com>)

$ perl5.8.0 -we 'printf "%*v02x"," ","foo"'
Invalid conversion in printf: "%0" at -e line 1.
%*v02x

$ perl5.6.0 -we 'printf "%*v02x"," ","foo"'
66 6f 6f

I don't see a reason why this construct shouldn't work.

• Re: [perl #20654] %*v02x considered invalid in printf by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• [perl #20654] %*v02x considered invalid in printf by Rafael Garcia-Suarez