Subject: bug#54785: for floating point, printf should use double like in C instead of long double

From: "Glenn Golden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:50:54 -0600

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, at 13:06, Paul Eggert wrote:
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> I'd like coreutils printf to stay compatible with Bash printf. Thanks.
>

Is there any interest/motivation for consistentizing {coreutils printf, bash printf} with glibc printf? There's a minor but notable inconsistency between them for %a format. See

    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2022-04/msg00020.html

I asked about this on the coreutils list, but no response.

Thanks,
Glenn