[Issue 8531] formatting string documentation

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8531


Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg at gmail.com> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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--- Comment #2 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg at gmail.com> 2012-10-27 09:26:22 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Actually, I think %u is redundant. std.format uses compile-time introspection
> to do the "right thing" for %d. You can pass an unsigned number for %d and it
> works correctly. I just tested %u, it seems that it's just an alias for %d:
> 
> int a = -10;
> writefln("%u", a); // outputs "-10"
> 
> So I think this bug is invalid.

Yes. And, if programmer really want to format int value as unsigned, he needs
to use cast instead of %u.

writefln("%d", cast(uint)a); // outputs "4294967286"

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