Hi Ian & Zack,

On 12/14/22 11:22, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 14/12/2022 02:18, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> On 12/12/2022 02:11, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>>> Field widths are awkward to use because you have to write them as
>>>> decimal constants _inside the format string_…
>>>
>>> It's a shame that scanf's maximum field width couldn't be specified
>>> using an integer parameter in the same was as printf's minimum field
>>> width, but the '*' flag was already taken!
>>
>> Yup.  I suppose we could make up another flag … ‘@’ isn’t used for
>> anything …
> 
> '@' isn't included in C's basic character set though.  '&' is available.

Just a curious question from an ignorant:  what's the difference between the 
basic character set and the source character set?

Thanks,

Alex

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