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@node vscanf
@subsection @code{vscanf}
@findex vscanf
POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/vscanf.html}
LSB specification:@* @url{https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/baselib-vscanf.html}
Gnulib module: vscanf, nonblocking
@mindex vscanf
@mindex nonblocking
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vscanf}, together with module @code{nonblocking}:
@itemize
@item
When reading from a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is empty, this function
fails with @code{errno} being set to @code{EINVAL} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on
some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function does not support size specifiers as in C23 (@code{w8},
@code{w16}, @code{w32}, @code{w64}, @code{wf8}, @code{wf16}, @code{wf32},
@code{wf64}) on some platforms:
glibc 2.38, musl libc, macOS 14, FreeBSD 13.2, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.2,
AIX 7.2, HP-UX 11, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 2.9.0, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set @code{errno}
upon failure.
@item
On Windows, these functions don't support the @code{hh}, @code{ll}, @code{j},
@code{t}, @code{z} size specifiers.
@end itemize