0004923: Scanf.sscanf "%S" doesn't handle "\\xff" - MantisBT

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0004923

OCaml

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2009-11-18 00:55

2009-11-19 11:25

Reporter

gildor

Assigned To

weis

Priority

normal

Severity

major

Reproducibility

have not tried

Status

closed

Resolution

fixed

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3.11.1

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3.11.2+dev

Summary

0004923: Scanf.sscanf "%S" doesn't handle "\\xff"

Description

The string "\xff" is valid, but cannot be parsed using Scanf.sscanf.

Step to reproduce:

# Scanf.sscanf "\"\\xef\\xbb\\xbf\"" "%S" (fun s -> s);;
Exception: Scanf.Scan_failure "scanf: bad input at char number 2: x".

Regards
Sylvain Le Gall

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Notes
(0005173) weis (developer) 2009-11-19 10:39	Thank you for the bug report: indeed the \x notation was not yet implemented in Scanf.

(0005174) weis (developer) 2009-11-19 11:24	The fix will be available in the forthcoming 3.11.2 release.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2009-11-18 00:55	gildor	New Issue
2009-11-19 10:39	weis	Note Added: 0005173
2009-11-19 10:39	weis	Description Updated
2009-11-19 10:40	weis	Assigned To	=> weis
2009-11-19 10:40	weis	Status	new => assigned
2009-11-19 11:24	weis	Note Added: 0005174
2009-11-19 11:24	weis	Resolution	open => fixed
2009-11-19 11:25	weis	Status	assigned => closed
2009-11-19 11:25	weis	Fixed in Version	=> 3.11.2+dev

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