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bug #51888: scanf / fscanf / sscanf should be able to return int64 / unit64 values

Submitter:  Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Submitted:  Tue 29 Aug 2017 06:16:58 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  1 - Wish
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
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Tue 13 Dec 2022 05:35:32 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Return oddly close seem

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Thu 07 Sep 2017 07:53:06 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I got something working for the scanf(..., "C") case, but I wondered if we should make it always return integer types for any integer conversion?

For the non-C form we have to remain Matlab compatible, but for the C form, scanf returns a cell array so we could return whatever types we want.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Tue 29 Aug 2017 06:16:58 PM UTC, original submission:  

According to Matlab's docs for fscanf and sscanf, if the format string conversions are all signed 64-bit integer conversions ("%ld" or "%li"), then the return value should be a int64-valued array. If the format string is entirely unsigned 64-bit conversions ("%lo", "%lu", or "%lx"), then the return value should be a uint64-valued array.

This was discussed and confirmed in bug #47741, but a new bug was never filed for this remaining outstanding compatibility issue.

We might want to extend this to also cover the Octave scanf extension using the "C" option, which uses a different code base for its conversions.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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