GNU bug report logs - #32252
[PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers

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Message #47 received at 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:35:13 +0200

On Jul 24 2018, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> If we changed (format "%x" -1) to signal an error instead, that would also
> be upward-compatible with C11.

Unlike printf, format can convert arguments as needed, so an error is
wrong here.

Andreas.

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