bug#13555: printf ignores length modifier

[Assaf Gordon]

tags 13555 notabug
close 13555
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

> Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>  Marcel Böhme wrote:
>>> $old/printf "%hi\n" 0xFFFF
>>> -1
>>> $printf "%hi\n" 0xFFFF
>>> 65535
>>
>> None of these length modifiers are specified by POSIX,
>> so we're talking about what it's more useful for printf
>> to do, rather than whether this is a violation of
>> a standard.

On 26/01/13 05:55 PM, Marcel Boehme wrote:
> Then, I suppose, the observed semantic change for the mentioned version pair 
> was _intended_. Found it odd that I didn't find documented that / why length 
> modifiers are 'suddenly' ignored.
>
> Thanks for your follow-up!

With no further comments in 5 years, I'm closing this bug.

-assaf