Re: PATCH Re: 5.3: printf -

[Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:48:15 -0800
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apparently this was introduced in 37467 when I changed "printf" from
> having no options at all to having the -v option for print-to-variable.
> 
> There's some documentation saying that ideally we would not create any
> new builtins with BINF_SKIPINVALID but I don't see any other way to get
> back the old behavior.

This was in any case ignoring the vagaries of traditional shell
behaviour, which demand inconsistency.  Supporting printf -v but
treating a - without a following alphanumeric as part of the string,
which seem to be the requirements we're faced with, aren't really
consistent.  So I think anything that works goes here.

pws