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for floating point, printf should use double like in C instead of long double

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Message #41 received at 54785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey <at> case.edu>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: vincent <at> vinc17.net, 54785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-bash <at> gnu.org,
 chet.ramey <at> case.edu
Subject: Re: bug#54785: for floating point, printf should use double like in C
 instead of long double
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:04:58 -0400

On 4/25/22 3:06 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 4/25/22 11:22, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> Thanks for the input.
> 
> You're welcome. Whenever you decide what to do about this, could you please 
> let us know? I'd like coreutils printf to stay compatible with Bash printf. 
> Thanks.

I think I'm going to stick with the behavior I proposed, fixing the POSIX
conformance issue and preserving backwards compatibility, until I hear more
about whether backwards compatibility is an issue here.


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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet <at> case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/

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