Re: sscanf: implement basic character sets

[Jessica Yu]

+++ 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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