Re: question about linker

scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> writes:

On 2024-12-06, Bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

My language:
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   println =a,=b                  # 13 characters, 0 shifted
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(And that space is optional!) In C (assume the existence of stdio.h):
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   printf("A=%lld B=%f\n",a,b);   # ~28 characters, 8 shifted
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Enough said.

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Looks like a cherry-picked example.
How would this (slightly modified) C statement be notated in your language:
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   printf("a:%lld b:%g\n",a,b);
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?

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Or
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   printf("a:%2$8.8lld b:%1$10.2g",b,a);

The "2$" or "1$" syntax specifies which argument is to be converted.
It's a POSIX feature, but not an ISO C feature.

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