>Number:         1862
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       printf/scanf don't support X/Open positional parameters
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 27 19:35:23 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     J.T. Conklin
>Organization:
	
>Release:        1.1
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD pain.lcs.mit.edu 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (PAIN) #0: Sat Oct 7 08:07:40 EDT 1995 mycroft@pain.lcs.mit.edu:/a/users/mycroft/sys/arch/i386/compile/PAIN i386


>Description:
Printf and scanf do not support the X/Open positional parameters.  This
makes message catalogs much less useful than they could be.

>How-To-Repeat:
Use code that uses this feature.

>Fix:
Add support to printf/scanf in a efficent manner.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: