On 4/25/22 16:50, Glenn Golden wrote:
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, at 13:06, Paul Eggert wrote:
I'd like coreutils printf to stay compatible with Bash printf. Thanks.
Is there any interest/motivation for consistentizing {coreutils printf, bash
printf} with glibc printf? There's a minor but notable inconsistency between
them for %a format. See
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2022-04/msg00020.html
I asked about this on the coreutils list, but no response.
To some extent it's the same problem. If Bash and coreutils printf
change to use 'double', they'll output the same thing that C printf outputs.
But to some extent it's a different problem, as the Bash and coreutils
printf use glibc printf with long double, and the latter isn't working
consistently with double. I suppose filing a glibc bug report might
address this different problem.
