The following reply was made to PR c/9894; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To: "Park JongAm" <jongampark@hotmail.com>
Cc: cgf@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org,
	nobody@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c/9894: sscanf %d doesn't work with short data type
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 21:43:10 +0100

 "Park JongAm" <jongampark@hotmail.com> writes:
 
 |> Maybe it's not a "bug" of the gcc. However it doesn't work like other
 |> compilers, and that can make people confused.
 
 It's not a compiler issue.  You are invoking undefined behaviour.  Don't
 do that.
 
 |> Wouldn't it be better to display error message, "Type not compatible",
 |> etc?
 
 -Wformat -Werror
 
 Andreas.
 
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