errata/197: PROPOSAL - 17.2.4.3: sscanf/"string" incompatibility

From: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
Date: Thu Feb 12 2004 - 03:59:44 PST

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    This is Charles Dawson's proposal from Jan. 12, 2004.

    In 17.2.4.3, following "The control string can contain"
    (end of 4th paragraph following the syntax).

    CHANGE

    "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."

    TO

    "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 affects null characters that
    are embedded within the string.)

    http://boydtechinc.com/cgi-bin/issueproposal.pl?cmd=view&database=default&pr=197

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