From: Wes Gamble <weyus@...>
Date: 2006-08-19T02:27:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug in sprintf?

Thanks for the comprehensive response.

Well, I can't really argue with the C implementation, of course...

BUT

it feels like if I declare my intent to interpret the sprintf input as a 
_decimal_ number with %d (there's a %o if I wanted octal), that is 
should allow for leading zeroes.

My intent in writing sprintf("%d", '08') is to say take the string 08 
and turn it into the number 8.

It isn't to say here's an octal number, please convert it to decimal for 
me.  If I think the string is octal, I'll use %o for that.

So in the spirit of what the user expects, I still think this smells 
bad.

Feel free to convince me otherwise.

Thanks again,
Wes

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