------- Comment #12 from ian at airs dot com 2006-06-06 22:18 ------- At this web page: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1568.htm
I see this: "The formatted input functions shall support the additional conversion specifications specified in C99 subclause 7.19.6.2." So if my understanding is correct, this facility is already in TR1. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27904