Re: sscanf: implement basic character sets

[Jessica Yu]

+++ 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)?

Thanks,
Jessica