Re: [clisp-list] Problems with FORMAT control string

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <87n...@dy...>
> * On the subject of "[clisp-list] Problems with FORMAT control string"
> * Sent on 20 Sep 2002 20:03:18 +0200
> * Honorable Edi Weitz <ed...@ag...> writes:
>
> CLISP 2.29 barfs on this control string
> 
>   "~@3A: ~,2F~%"
> 
>   *** - Non-existent directive
>   Current point in control string:
>     ~@3A: ~,2F~%
>       |
> 
> which I think is OK - at least it works as expected in CMUCL and
> LispWorks.
> 
> Is this a bug and if so is it fixed in 2.30? (My distro - Gentoo Linux
> - is still at 2.29.)

I don't think you are allowed to put ""@:" before numeric arguments:

CLHS 22.3:

        A directive consists of a tilde, optional prefix parameters
        separated by commas, optional colon and at-sign modifiers, and a
        single character indicating what kind of directive this is.

i.e., you should write "~3@a" instead of "~@3a".

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