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Re: Request comments - printx

From Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Request comments - printx
Date 2016-10-19 17:10 +0000
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:20:35 -0700, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> Something I did not mention before, but may be relevant:  the
> *printx() functions (and also printx_send()) recognize only those
> conversion specifications (besides %!, of course) that are
> defined in the Standard.
[...]
> It may be possible to accommodate the specific case of Posix
> positional arguments, which is a common extension, but I haven't
> yet looked into that closely or decided what to do about it.

Just as a general comment, the positional argument extension (or
something that serves a similar function) is absolutely essential
for translatable format strings, as some languages may require the
substituted to be output in a different order from the original
language.

If these functions do not support it, then it may be difficult
or impossible to translate the output of programs using these
functions into some languages, which will limit their utility.

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Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-14 12:03 -0700
  Re: Request comments - printx supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-10-14 13:06 -0700
    Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-15 15:28 -0700
      Re: Request comments - printx supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-10-17 10:26 -0700
        Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-18 08:42 -0700
          Re: Request comments - printx supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-10-20 09:12 -0700
            Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-22 19:23 -0700
  Re: Request comments - printx Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-16 17:30 +1300
    Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-16 00:22 -0700
      Re: Request comments - printx Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-16 20:37 +1300
        Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-17 11:22 -0700
  Re: Request comments - printx BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-16 23:44 +0100
    Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-17 10:29 -0700
      Re: Request comments - printx BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-17 18:57 +0100
        Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-18 08:20 -0700
          Re: Request comments - printx Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2016-10-19 17:10 +0000
            Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-20 08:58 -0700
              Re: Request comments - printx raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-10-23 13:37 +0000
                Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-23 14:16 -0700
  Re: Request comments - printx Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-10-18 02:41 -0700
    Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-18 08:37 -0700
      Re: Request comments - printx Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-10-18 08:45 -0700
      Re: Request comments - printx Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-10-18 09:46 -0700
        Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-18 23:33 -0700
  Request comments - printx asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-10-23 00:39 -0700
    Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-10-23 14:08 -0700
  Re: Request comments - printx Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-09 16:32 +0000
    Re: Request comments - printx "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 01:03 +0800
    Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-11-12 17:53 -0800
      Re: Request comments - printx Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-13 16:43 +0000
        Re: Request comments - printx Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-11-15 10:37 -0800

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