On Friday, December 14, 2012 09:57:11 AM Chet Ramey wrote: > > > I think the ksh behavior is makes more sense so can we use the current > > > time > > > as the default? > > > > > > -Clark > > > > I agree that a null or empty argument as equivalent to -1 is a better > > default. > > "0" is identical to the current behavior for empty/unset, so no > > functionality > > is lost. > > That's not unreasonable. The current default is what Posix specifies for > printf: > > Any extra c or s conversion specifiers shall be evaluated as if a null > string argument were supplied; other extra conversion specifications > shall be evaluated as if a zero argument were supplied.
Ooh ok... hrm I didn't consider it's actually consistent with everything else this way. -- Dan Douglas
