Change how printf
parses its format string
#1414
Merged
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Currently
printf
does not allow string format specifiers to be directlyfollowed by any alphabetic characters since it would take all the following
letters as part of the specifiers. As an example:
I think it's good to fix it since I could not think of any obvious downsides.
This PR works to address this issue by changing the way
printf
parse theformat strings. It would also affect
cat
andsystem
as well. With this PR: