[Bug 55371] printf: a conversion specifier doesn't necessarily ask for an argument
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Date: 2015-05-05 18:01:47
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55371 Michael Kerrisk [off-list ref] changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |WILL_NOT_FIX
--- Comment #7 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---So, I've stepped back from this a little, to think about it more. I don't agree with the characterization of this problem as an error. The sentence you refer to is a generalization. The exceptions are clarified later. I don't think it help comprehensibility, nor readability, to clutter the initial discussion with a note that there are some exceptions. By the time folk get to the point in the page where %% is discussed, it's also noted as an exception to the general rule; problem solved. printf() is a complex API. It's reasonable to expect that people should read the documentation with some care. Summary: there's nothing to fix here, so I'm not fixing it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html