How to interpret __NEGATIVE_SIGN == "-" && __INT_N_SIGN_POSN == 0 ?!?

Andreas Schwab schwab@suse.de
Mon Feb 16 12:48:00 GMT 2004


Paolo Carlini <pcarlini@suse.de> writes:

> According to the glibc docs __INT_N_SIGN_POSN == 0 implies:
>
>   "The currency symbol and quantity should be surrounded by
>   parentheses."
>
> but, then, what should we do with the "-" returned for
> __NEGATIVE_SIGN??

It is ignored.  (You could still need it for the other sign_posn
settings.)

Andreas.

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