"%#s"?

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

In article <19166 at watmath.waterloo.edu>, rbutterworth at watmath.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth) writes:
> Perhaps %#s and %#c can be added in future updates to the language.

In the mean-time, why not post sources for a
	spr_str(char *buffer, int width, int places, char *source)
function equivalent to
	sprintf(buffer, "%#*.*s", width, places, source)
so that we can try the idea out?  I suggest width < 0 means the equivalent
of "%#.*s" and places < 0 means the equivalent of "%#*s".
{spr_str(buf, width, 1, &c) can serve for sprintf(buf, "%#*c", width, c).}

When we have some prior art going, we can ask for it to be added to printf.