Re: Mac OS X sscanf bug/feature?

[Ben Abbott]

> On Mar 27, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Carlo De Falco <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On 27 Mar 2016, at 01:48, Doug Stewart <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> In ubuntu I get
>> [val, count, msg, pos] = sscanf ("3I2", "%f")
>> val =  3
>> count =  1
>> msg =
>> pos =  2
> 
> In Mac OS X 10.9 (with Octave 4.1+ built with gcc 4.8) I get the same as Doug:
> 
>>> [val, count, msg, pos] = sscanf ("3I2", "%f")
> val =  3
> count =  1
> msg = 
> pos =  2
> 
> c.

With Mac OS 10.10.x, I’m no longer able to build Octave with gcc, and must use 
clang. Except for some annoying bugs in libc++, 10.10 has been a good 
experience for me (compared to 10.9). Soon I’ll move on to 10.11.

Ben