On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 10:22 +0100, Don Clugston wrote: > On 3 March 2011 09:53, Lars Tandle Kyllingstad <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've looked into issue 5687, 'std.string.format() error with "%a"'. > > > > http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5687 > > > > In short, the problem is that format() calls std.format.doFormat(), > > which converts all floating-point numbers internally to 80-bit reals. > > For "%a", this is most definitely *not* what you want. > > No, that's perfectly fine. Actually, it's a Linux-specific %a bug. > > OTOH what you're proposing may be a good idea; it just has NOTHING to > do with that bug!
I stand corrected. I'd still like to rewrite format(), though. :) -Lars _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
