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Re: How to interpret __NEGATIVE_SIGN == "-" && __INT_N_SIGN_POSN ==0 ?!?
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Paolo Carlini <pcarlini at suse dot de>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com, libstdc++ <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>,Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:46:36 +0100
- Subject: Re: How to interpret __NEGATIVE_SIGN == "-" && __INT_N_SIGN_POSN ==0 ?!?
- References: <4030B04C.30902@suse.de>
Paolo Carlini <pcarlini@suse.de> writes:
> According to the glibc docs __INT_N_SIGN_POSN == 0 implies:
>
> "The currency symbol and quantity should be surrounded by
> parentheses."
>
> but, then, what should we do with the "-" returned for
> __NEGATIVE_SIGN??
It is ignored. (You could still need it for the other sign_posn
settings.)
Andreas.
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