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Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:03:18 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: scanf and invalid FP fields
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

[...]
> So it seems like the example is, indeed, in contrast to existing practice
> on Unix libc's. A query in comp.lang.c.std might clarify the status of
> that particular example.

Well, I google'd the strings "100ergs example standard", and found
that this has been filed and handled as a Defect Report to ANSI C89,
back in 1992. See here:

http://wwwold.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/dr_022.html

If I understand that correctly, it says that the example is, indeed, to be
considered correct, by changing a sentence from the paragraph defining
fscanf(), to now read (*emphasis* mine):

+++ quote (7.9.6.2, paragraph [#9], sentence 2, in the C9x draft)
An input item is defined as the longest sequence of input characters which
does not exceed any specified field width and which is,
*or*is*a*prefix*of*, a matching input sequence.
+++ quote ends

This changed version of the sentence is in the C9x standard (draft).

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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