Re: [PATCH 1/3] git-branch: add --track and --no-track options
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>>>> + /* Try an exact match first. */
>>>> + sscanf(value, "refs/%*[^:]:%n", &len_first);
>>> This is the first time I saw that sscanf format type. How portable is it?
>> It is. At the very least it is in OpenGroup.
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> That is not very reassuring for me. However, I learnt something new about
> sscanf(), so it was not lost on me.
Google books reveals that it's called a "scanset" (I didn't know that either). I found it in "C: The Complete Reference" by Herb Schildt (2000) and "POSIX Programmer's Guide" by D.A. Lewine (1991). I don't have K&R at hand to check.
Paolo
Paolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini@lu.unisi.ch>