From: matz@...
Date: 2017-05-19T09:29:24+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:81275] [Ruby trunk Bug#13315] Single "%" at the end of `printf` format string appears in the result

Issue #13315 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).


When I wrote the original code, it was intentional, but without any specific reason.
It's OK for me to raise an error for this case.

Matz.


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Bug #13315: Single "%" at the end of `printf` format string appears in the result
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13315#change-64942

* Author: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
* Status: Assigned
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 
* Backport: 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN
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Is this intentional?

```ruby
printf("%") #=> "%"
```

`printf` in glibc does print nothing, gcc warns though.

```c
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  printf("%");
  return 0;
}
```

```sh
$ gcc fmt.c && ./a.out 
fmt.c: In function ���main���:
fmt.c:5:10: warning: spurious trailing ���%��� in format [-Wformat=]
   printf("%");
          ^
```

`printf` command of bash errs.

```sh
$ printf "%"
-bash: printf: `%': missing format character
```



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