bug#65659: [PATCH] printf: add %#s alias to %b

2023-08-31 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 31/08/2023 19:31, Eric Blake wrote: POSIX Issue 8 will be obsoleting %b (escape sequence interpolation) so that future Issue 9 can change to having %b (binary literal output) that aligns with C2x. But since escape interpolation may still remain useful, POSIX suggested %#s (which is undefined

bug#65659: [PATCH] printf: add %#s alias to %b

2023-08-31 Thread Eric Blake
POSIX Issue 8 will be obsoleting %b (escape sequence interpolation) so that future Issue 9 can change to having %b (binary literal output) that aligns with C2x. But since escape interpolation may still remain useful, POSIX suggested %#s (which is undefined in all versions of C) as a possible alias