kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/vsprintf.texi

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  Fix *printf behaviour regarding the left-adjust flag on HP-UX 10.20.
  

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• @node vsprintf
  @section @code{vsprintf}
  @findex vsprintf
  
  POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/vsprintf.html}
  
  Gnulib module: vsprintf-posix
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
  @code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
  AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 2006, mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
  mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
  incorrect result on some platforms:
  AIX 5.2, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw.
  @item
  This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
  platforms:
  glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin, mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
  NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin, mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
  arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
  NetBSD 3.0, mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms:
  NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 2006, mingw.
  @item
  This function behaves incorrectly when a @samp{-} flag and a negative width
  are specified together, on some platforms:
  HP-UX 10.20.
  @item
  printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
  with zeroes) on some platforms:
  MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 2007, mingw.
  @item
  This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
  floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
  mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
  MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  

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