Re: errata/195: whitespace issue

From: Shalom Bresticker (Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 09:15:49 PST

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    Charles,

    That should be issue 197, not 195.

    Shalom

    Charles Dawson wrote:

    > The following reply was made to PR errata/195; it has been noted by GNATS.
    >
    > From: Charles Dawson <chas@cadence.com>
    > To: ETF <etf-bugs@boyd.com>
    > Cc:
    > Subject: errata/195: whitespace issue
    > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:56:53 -0500
    >
    > We think the solution for this issue is to include nulls in the
    > white-space characters specification in 17.2.4.3 (a) (as previously suggested
    > by Gord).
    >
    > Specifically, the text should read:
    >
    > a) White-space characters (blanks, tabs, new-lines, or form-feeds) that,
    > except in one case described below, cause input to be read up to the
    > next non-white-space character. For $sscanf, null characters shall
    > also be considered white-space.
    >
    > Note that this change also effects null characters that are embedded within
    > the string.
    >
    > I should have an example to illustrate this shortly.
    >
    > -Chas
    >
    >
    > 

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