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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: C String terminator
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:58:32 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
> [...]
>
>>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> A pointer to a string *is* required for a "%s" directive, but the
>>>>> standard says so only indirectly.
>
> [...]
>
>> I need to add though that 'char' is not really accurate.  The Standard
>> says "character type" and I think it means that, not just 'char'.
>> Furthermore if an 'l' length modifier is present then the array
>> elements are assumed to be of type 'wchar_t'.  Both the regular
>> character types and wchar_t fall under the common umbrella of
>> "character type".
>
> When I wrote "%s" directive, I meant "%s" directive.

Sorry, I thought we were talking about things the Standard
actually discusses.  The Standard makes no statements about
'"%s" directives', unless you want to count examples that
happen to have a %s as part of a format string.