Rich Felker
3a23cd06b0
%c takes an argument of type int, not char, and %lc/%C takes an
argument of type wint_t (unsigned), not int.
for most cases, this makes no practical difference, but since wide
printf variants convert narrow %c format specifiers via btowc,
interpreting the promoted-to-int unsigned char value passed in as a
(signed, on most archs) char causes 255 to get collapsed to EOF and
interpreted as such by btowc.
this is only relevant in the byte-based C locale, so prior to commit
f22a9edaf8, there was no observable
distinction in behavior. for UTF-8, all bytes which might be negative
when interpreted as char are encoding errors when used with %c/btowc.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/