On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 12:55 PM Robert Elz <k...@munnari.oz.au> wrote:
> There are none, printf(3) belongs to the C committee, and they can make > use of anything they like, at any time they like. > > The best we can do is use formats that make no sense for printf(1) to > support > That's still assuming the goal of minimizing the discrepancies between printf(1) and printf(3) format specifiers. As you point out, that isn't particularly useful, and these things diverging further is now a foregone conclusion. The only benefit, from my perspective, is allowing the printf(1) man page to simply reference the printf(3) man page for everything that printf(1) attempts to replicate. Zack