[Issue 11007] std.format.formattedRead with %*s specifier causes AssertError

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11007

--- Comment #3 from berni44 <bugzilla at d-ecke.de> ---
I filed two more issues: Issue 20392 and Issue 20393 to distinguish between the
different problems.

Here the problem is, that this works, but the one above not.

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import std.format;

void main()
{
    string str = "foo bar buzz";
    string a, b, c;
    formattedRead(str, "%s %s %s", &a, &b, &c);
}
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IMHO %*s should be added (and several others like %*x) to fix this bug.

(In reply to Tomoya Tanjo from comment #0)
> It should throw an exception (not Error) or should be accepted.

As atilaneves and MoonlightSentinel pointed out in PR 7277, the error is
correct, because this is high likely a programmers error and not a user
mistake.

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