PHP :: Doc Bug #77451 :: %g format for printf & sprintf is misdocumented

%g format for printf & sprintf is misdocumented

Submitted:

2019-01-12 18:26 UTC

Modified:

2019-03-24 17:46 UTC

Votes:	1
Avg. Score:	3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:	0 of 0 (0.0%)

From:

markamery at btinternet dot com

Assigned:

girgias (profile)

Status:

Closed

Package:

Strings related

PHP Version:

Irrelevant

OS:

Private report:

CVE-ID:

None

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[2019-01-12 18:26 UTC] markamery at btinternet dot com

Description:
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At http://php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php, the %g specifier is documented as follows:

    shorter of %e and %f.

This isn't true. %g often uses scientific notation even though it'd be shorter not to, and what's more, its output may differ from BOTH %e and %f, since it strips trailing zeros and %f and %e don't.

See https://stackoverflow.com/q/54162152/1709587 where I explore this point at length.

Patches

sprintf_related_functions_improvement (last revision 2019-03-20 17:50 UTC by girgias@php.net)

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[2019-01-14 04:44 UTC] girgias@php.net

-Summary: %g specifier to printf is misdocumented +Summary: %g format for printf & sprintf is misdocumented -Status: Open +Status: Verified -Package: Documentation problem +Package: Strings related -Operating System: N/A +Operating System:

[2019-01-14 04:44 UTC] girgias@php.net

Thanks for noticing this, you can also submit a patch to fix the documentation by using the online editor located at https://edit.php.net

[2019-02-12 16:05 UTC] cmb@php.net

Related To: Bug #77529

[2019-02-12 20:43 UTC] girgias@php.net

-Assigned To: +Assigned To: girgias

[2019-02-12 23:15 UTC] girgias@php.net

-Assigned To: girgias +Assigned To: cmb

[2019-02-12 23:15 UTC] girgias@php.net

Wrote a patch to improve the sprintf doc:
http://edit.php.net/?patchID=3291&project=PHP

@cmb I was thinking to maybe move the examples out of the format parameter
and then move the format parameter XML into an entity and include this entity in all the other related functions (such as printf or fscanf for example).

Oh also I couldn't try it out as I haven't managed to download the Doc Block Rendering system onto my Linux Sub System so not totally sure how this patch looks like.

[2019-02-26 17:33 UTC] girgias@php.net

Updated the patch [1] to move the format parameter into an XML Snippet and added it to all relevant functions.
It validates and the doc looks good to me.

Can you have a look and/or merge it @cmb?

[1] https://edit.php.net/?patchID=3291&project=PHP

[2019-03-03 14:35 UTC] cmb@php.net

-Assigned To: cmb +Assigned To:

[2019-03-20 17:50 UTC] girgias@php.net

The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: sprintf_related_functions_improvement
Revision:   1553104231
URL:        https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=77451&patch=sprintf_related_functions_improvement&revision=1553104231

[2019-03-20 17:54 UTC] girgias@php.net

-Assigned To: +Assigned To: girgias

[2019-03-24 16:30 UTC] girgias@php.net

Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of girgias
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=347041
Log: Improve sprintf documentation and related functions (such as printf)
Fix Doc Bug #77451
Integrate Note 111201 into doc http://php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php#111201

[2019-03-24 17:46 UTC] girgias@php.net

-Status: Verified +Status: Closed

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