On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> On Mar 05 13:30:53, j...@kerhand.co.uk wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:40:52AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> > > The following part of the scanf(3) manpage
> > > probably needs to be reworded:
> > >
> > > The value
> > > .Dv EOF
> > > is returned if an input failure occurs before any conversion such as an
> > > end-of-file occurs.
> > >
> > > (I won't even attempt it, as I am not sure
> > > what the behaviour actually is.)
> > >
> >
> > what is wrong with it?
>
> Probably just my English comprehension,
> but "conversion such as end-of-file" bugs me.
How about:
The value EOF is returned if an input failure such as an end-of-file occurs
before any conversion.
-Otto
