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`%a` does not support setting precision (e.g. `%.6a`)

Open drinkcat opened this issue 9 months ago • 0 comments

Probably best to figure out #7364 first.

Precision in %a format is completely ignored:

cargo run printf "%a %.6a\n" 0.1 0.1
0x1.999999999999ap-4 0x1.999999999999ap-4
printf "%a %.6a\n" 0.1 0.1
0xc.ccccccccccccccdp-7 0xc.cccccdp-7

(format_float_hexadecimal hardcodes a specific format)

drinkcat avatar Mar 10 '25 09:03 drinkcat