Re: Re: proposal: a width specification for s specifier (format function), fix behave when positional and ordered placeholders are used

Hello

minor update - fix align NULL for %L

Regards

Pavel

2013/1/31 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> Hello
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> 2013/1/29 Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> On 29 January 2013 08:19, Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> * The width field is optional, even if the '-' flag is specified. So
>>> '%-s' is perfectly legal and should be interpreted as '%s'. The
>>> current implementation treats it as a width of 0, which is wrong.
>>>
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>> Oh, but of course a width of 0 is the same as no width at all, so the
>> current code is correct after all. That's what happens if I try to
>> write emails before I've had my caffeine :-)
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>> I think my other points remain valid though. It would still be neater
>> to parse the flags separately from the width field, and then all
>> literal numbers that appear in the format should be positive.
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> I am sending rewritten code
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> It indirect width "*" and "*n$" is supported. It needs little bit more code.
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> There are a new question
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> what should be result of
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> format(">>%2$*1$s<<", NULL, "hello")
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> ???
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> raise exception now, but I am able to modify to some agreement
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> Regards
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> Pavel
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>> Regards,
>> Dean