From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: printf 'g' conversion
Date:	Sun, 01 Mar 1998 17:35:17 -0800
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Ned Ulbricht wrote:

> The Working Draft, 97-11-21, WG14/N794 J11/97-158, p.290 (&cf p.287),
> seems to be a little bit ambiguous about this, but it says under 'g,G'
> "the number is converted in style f or e (...), with the precision
> specifying the number of significant digits." I interpret the "with"
> as
> saying that the g,G format always applies its own semantics to
> precision
> irrespective of the "style" used for the output. I.e. it consistently
> takes over the meaning of precision.
> 
> I can read K&RII either way, so no help there...

Why not look at the _actual_ ANSI document?  From ANSI 7.9.6.1:

    The double argument is converted in style f or e (or in style E in
    the case of a G conversion specifier), with the precision specifying
    the number of significant digits.  If the precision is zero, it is
    taken as 1.

And for f:

    ... If the precision is missing, it is taken as 6 ...

And for e, E:

    ... if the precision is missing, it is taken as 6 ...

Seems pretty clear to me.

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