[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-3556215 ] scan and capital X conversion character

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Bugs item #3556215, was opened at 2012-08-10 16:56
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>Category: 23. [scan]
Group: current: 8.5.12
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 2
Private: No
Submitted By: Andreas Leitgeb (avl42)
>Assigned to: Don Porter (dgp)
Summary: scan and capital X conversion character

Initial Comment:
In the man-page of scan, 4 deviations from "ANSI C sscanf" are presented.
These exceptions do not mention omission of "%X" (defined as equiv to "%x" in sscanf manpage).


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>Comment By: Donal K. Fellows (dkf)
Date: 2012-08-12 16:16

Message:
I'd be inclined to view this as a bug, not a feature change (though it
*technically* is). Likelihood of breaking working code is probably minimal.
Comments?

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Comment By: Andreas Leitgeb (avl42)
Date: 2012-08-10 16:59

Message:
Of course, imho, %X should be allowed in scan,
*not* a 5th exception added to the doc. :)

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