Re: [PATCH] printf: add %#s alias to %b

[Zachary Santer]

On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 12:55 PM Robert Elz <kre@munnari.oz.au> wrote:

> There are none, printf(3) belongs to the C committee, and they can make
> use of anything they like, at any time they like.
>
> The best we can do is use formats that make no sense for printf(1) to
> support
>

That's still assuming the goal of minimizing the discrepancies between
printf(1) and printf(3) format specifiers. As you point out, that isn't
particularly useful, and these things diverging further is now a foregone
conclusion. The only benefit, from my perspective, is allowing the
printf(1) man page to simply reference the printf(3) man page for
everything that printf(1) attempts to replicate.

Zack