Re: sscanf: implement basic character sets

[Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>]

+++ Jessica Yu [26/02/16 15:28 -0500]:
>+++ Jessica Yu [26/02/16 15:20 -0500]:
>>Implement basic character sets for the '%[' conversion specifier.
>>
>>The '%[' conversion specifier matches a nonempty sequence of characters
>>from the specified set of accepted (or with '^', rejected) characters
>>between the brackets. The substring matched is to be made up of characters
>>in (or not in) the set. This is useful for matching substrings that are
>>delimited by something other than spaces.
>>
>>This implementation differs from its glibc counterpart in the following ways:
>>(1) No support for character ranges (e.g., 'a-z' or '0-9')
>>(2) The hyphen '-' is not a special character
>>(3) The closing bracket ']' cannot be matched
>>(4) No support (yet) for discarding matching input ('%*[')
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
>
>Since this version is largely based on Rasmus' sample bitmap code
>(with only very minor tweaks), what is the best way to provide
>attribution in this case? A Suggested-by: tag or another
>Signed-off-by: tag (since actual code is involved)?

Andrew, friendly ping on this patch and question? :-)

Thanks,
Jessica