Timeline for answer to Where in the C standard does it specify the corresponding argument for %n in fscanf shall be a pointer to int by dbush

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Apr 20 at 9:58	comment	added	chux		@einpoklum It is spec'd in C99 and alluded to in C89.
Apr 20 at 9:31	comment	added	chux		@einpoklum Since much sizing in C uses `size_t`, something like `scanf("...%zn", ..., &sz)` would allow direct saving into a `size_t sz`. Return value of `printf()` is not really a concern for this `scanf()` post.
Apr 20 at 8:41	comment	added	einpoklum		dbush, are the size modifiers for `%n` a new thing, or is this C99 already?
Apr 20 at 8:40	comment	added	einpoklum		@chux : "Too bad" <- remember the `printf()`-family functions return an `int`, anyway. So how would the `size_t` help you?
Apr 18 at 22:14	comment	added	chux		To be clear, with or without a modifier, `%n` remains a pointer to a signed integer type. Too bad `size_t` is not directly possible, only the mysterious corresponding signed integer type to `size_t`.
Apr 18 at 20:24	vote	accept	timmy george
Apr 18 at 20:19	history	edited	dbush	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 41 characters in body
Apr 18 at 20:07	history	answered	dbush	CC BY-SA 4.0