Message139964
Those others field types have a standard or system-dependent fixed size and a number is an optional repeat count. Format 's' is always a single field because number prefix for that is special -- a field size.
"For the 's' format character, the count is interpreted as the length of the bytes, not a repeat count like for the other format characters; for example, '10s' means a single 10-byte string, while '10c' means 10 characters. "
I happen to think is could use a few more words of special explanation. Looking again, I think ", which defaults to 1" after the first 'count' above, would be sufficient. We nearly always docucument defaults. |
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2011-07-07 01:44:03 | terry.reedy | set | recipients:
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2011-07-07 01:44:03 | terry.reedy | set | messageid: <1310003043.08.0.711986506428.issue11436@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2011-07-07 01:44:02 | terry.reedy | link | issue11436 messages |
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