On 2024-11-19 12:28, Pádraig Brady wrote:
But one could consider an empty argument as completely converted?
No, because POSIX says the argument must be a C integer constant, and empty strings are not C integer constants. Similar reasoning applies for floating point specs like %g, where POSIX says the argument is converted as if by strtod, and for an empty string POSIX says no conversion is performed by strtod.
For example scripts with `printf '%d\n' "$int"` will start erroring if int is not defined
It shouldn't be that big a deal, as the change doesn't affect stdout. The only issues are stderr and exit status, and that sort of script typically ignores both.
