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Article #9288Re: Comments on proposed C standard
From: hamilton
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1986 05:16
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1986 05:16
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>> We suggest that "printf" and friends obtain a new
>> specifier "%v", which accepts two arguments: a new format
>> string and a "va_list" of items to format. This is similar
>> to the existing "%r" construct on UNIX systems.
>
>*Some* UNIX systems. It's not in 4.2BSD or System V, and it wasn't
>documented in V7 (I don't remember whether it was there or not).
i remember having to scavenge the old v6 printf.s when our
switch to v7 broke all my %r's...
wayne hamilton
U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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