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Re: [PATCH] zformat: replace -qn by spec quoting indicator syntax

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From: dana <dana@xxxxxxx>
To: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] zformat: replace -qn by spec quoting indicator syntax
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:06:05 +0000
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On Sun 14 Jun 2026, at 04:39, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Do we really never need "%%" to mean a literal "%" ?
>
> Maybe something like %.d or %*d ?

if i understand what you're asking, it's not meaningful here

this only affects the syntax used to define specs, basically changing it
from <char>:<string> to [<quote>]<char>:<string>, where the optional
<quote> is either % or %%. <char> can only be a single ascii char and it
was already illegal for it to be %

dana

References:
- [PATCH] zformat: replace -qn by spec quoting indicator syntax
  - From: dana
- Re: [PATCH] zformat: replace -qn by spec quoting indicator syntax
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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