From: jazz@opennt.com (Jason Zions) Subject: RE: printf problem: "%1$s" not handled? 22 Apr 1998 18:45:50 -0700 Message-ID: <31AA903A2A1FD111A06300805F4B6D64018E28B5.cygnus.gnu-win32@ssi2.opennt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: Fergus Henderson , "Richard H. Gumpertz" Cc: Christopher Lee , gnu-win32@cygnus.com > `$' for positional paramters in printf() format strings is not part of > the ANSI C standard, and if I recall correctly, it is not supported by > POSIX either. It is however part of the X/Open standard, I think. You are correct in saying that no approved or current draft POSIX standard extends the printf() format string specifications to include the positional arg stuff ("$" formatting character). No one has brought forward such a specification to the committee for consideration, if memory serves. (But I'm less certain about that statement.) Jason Zions Chair, IEEE PASC System Services Working Group (the POSIX guys) - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".