From: Harald van Dijk <harald@gigawatt.nl>
To: наб <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>, dash@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] man: printf: all Ar arguments are processed identically
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 02:11:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <af8be241-f3cc-4ca9-ee49-e856e658c683@gigawatt.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba1440bf05e22d3cae38521a25cb3ca90b30680d.1660436383.git.nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
On 14/08/2022 01:19, наб wrote:
> The current wording says that given
> printf a b c d
> a is the format, c and d are processed as noted,
> but b is unspecified
I think the way "arguments after the first" is intended to be read is
"arguments after the format string", as the format string is itself an
argument. But this is not clear at all: "printf format [arguments ...]"
can be read as saying that the format is not an argument.
Perhaps "arguments after the format string" or "arguments after format"
would be a better replacement that avoids any ambiguity?
Cheers,
Harald van Dijk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-14 1:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-14 0:19 [PATCH 1/2] man: printf: all Ar arguments are processed identically наб
2022-08-14 0:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] man: printf: in 'X, X is a byte under dash наб
2022-08-14 1:11 ` Harald van Dijk [this message]
2022-08-14 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] man: printf: reword to avoid confusion v/v Ar argument[s]/arguments наб
2022-08-14 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] man: printf: in 'X, X is a byte under dash наб
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