From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93422C433F5 for ; Tue, 24 May 2022 12:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236456AbiEXMXs (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2022 08:23:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38828 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233958AbiEXMXr (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2022 08:23:47 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-x230.google.com (mail-lj1-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::230]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A3D0939DA for ; Tue, 24 May 2022 05:23:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-x230.google.com with SMTP id u7so19971002ljd.11 for ; Tue, 24 May 2022 05:23:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=E5uoNdG9KSj3atQXBKfPVQWQptSU+xkIaY3sZiEsuMQ=; b=lvHvebnjCyxv3AIGn8Wu3UQCOetMSejyKUxwlkd/djleXwelKt7RNv+gNEkQlkA+0X 9hNG77IKcFp4uZ9/bztJeVO4LB1/z8e001doaI0wWAgwMDsaXN4IK1ejYgxra1R3BzHd ljFknqAo5bLFhjE97lVSsTpgqUlTguPzdFJt8i+h982vnf3br/KvHvy/pDAzErXTnAtX jtlS69NwssbeGqzsqL5qpLsrAu84Evo8a8tbOc4MzXiw8o7UaEEk8oiYwzVq7IUByKS8 rVBsMi/WsiYCRvo6e4s1PxCrr5wzgQ2oGeC0UbhV51WhQRYEDywHyVgAYQx8yZX8kaRj fiLg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=E5uoNdG9KSj3atQXBKfPVQWQptSU+xkIaY3sZiEsuMQ=; b=Yvd6ecd5aXa0Yk1CfO220Bf726vd4z7pk8HFI0h9D9FO3JjsdohiPKhTmM8ch4onYG xmIzuzhLYEr+BS9OUwEBEFll8b3pDopFmO1C3+1AVFmySGyLMutBWWFlwDoFnV9kgf1T zoCn7Fm7mR3GO4nhf1c/u3dHN3TFPA8gMBlnnPfla94CGDAmTzEggQa5Q1tK0NOU2zYq jHKXe8azqOaCjqTwJhSsHsIMLZMsHz3X+TVOQGzdqdzLxpoH1OY/f1AefbxMLkaosB3w ghXGRxXliFUIlCLOIT+q6wS8SGqd04ON1Nnlnv8pIuXiWjvCdM1ouolo1nhSh4l3ZtKa 5V6w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5303LPXUX79r2zuRaXVKAfwUabtpHLaQ8V35lwEuNMlTb6jrC1Kb icXy5wN1pFvDyrXZo6tPblHUMx0CiYuyL903umM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz9UeA9C6LDl6sa77o8G/SKx1CpYKruGogCE8oqTjCeTyrJhrwHRoxJrtaj4YdaPdb4Ff4DrGHZLH2eQqLPV9g= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9345:0:b0:24b:451:7ce1 with SMTP id m5-20020a2e9345000000b0024b04517ce1mr15912148ljh.258.1653395024801; Tue, 24 May 2022 05:23:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220520141040.1136383-1-vincent@vinc17.net> <20220520161121.GA1112518@zira.vinc17.org> <20220520173043.GC1112518@zira.vinc17.org> <20220524073937.GO1112518@zira.vinc17.org> In-Reply-To: <20220524073937.GO1112518@zira.vinc17.org> From: Stefan Puiu Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 15:23:33 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] printf.3: Document 'l' length modifier for a, A, e, E, f, F, g, and G To: Vincent Lefevre Cc: Alejandro Colomar , lnx-man Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 10:39 AM Vincent Lefevre wrote= : > > Hi Stefan, > > On 2022-05-24 10:07:43 +0300, Stefan Puiu wrote: > > On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 8:33 AM Vincent Lefevre wr= ote: > > > diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3 > > > index 4fa1f11f3..a231d626c 100644 > > > --- a/man3/printf.3 > > > +++ b/man3/printf.3 > > > @@ -503,6 +503,17 @@ argument, or a following > > > conversion corresponds to a pointer to > > > .I wchar_t > > > argument. > > > +On a following > > > +.BR a , > > > +.BR A , > > > +.BR e , > > > +.BR E , > > > +.BR f , > > > +.BR F , > > > +.BR g , > > > +or > > > +.B G > > > +conversion, this length modifier is ignored (C99; not in SUSv2). > > > > I'm not a native English speaker, but I think "Following a ... > > conversion" sounds better, unless I misunderstand the phrase. > > "Following a ... conversion" would mean the opposite, while it is > the conversion that follows the length modifier. Moreover, I wrote > "a following ... conversion" because this is what is always written > in this section on the length modifier, under the form "A following > ... conversion corresponds to ...". OK, now I think I understand what you mean. I guess "a following ... conversion" (used all over that man page, as you said) sounds a bit weird to me, though it might be proper English, I don't know. Sorry for the noise. Stefan. > > -- > Vincent Lef=C3=A8vre - Web: > 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: > Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)