Re: [cc65] A bug?

On 2008-07-21, at 20:40, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:

>> [...]
>> differently and "properly" - meaning - \n generates newline while \r
>> only returns the cursor to column zero - the way I would expect it  
>> to.
>
> What are you talking about, conio or printf/write?

The latter.

> printf/write is another case. It is implemented through low level  
> POSIX
> functions read() and write(), which are also used for file i/o.  
> printf ist
> just a shortcut for fprintf(stdout, ...) which actually does file i/ 
> o. For
> these routines \r and \n are platform dependent. According to the C  
> standard,
> \n translates to whatever is used as a "newline" on the specific  
> platform.

\n works fine. It is \r that doesn't (at least on the C64 platform).  
OK - we discussed this in this very thread some time ago - the comment  
was that it doesn't necessarily _have to_. Still - it really wouldn't  
hurt if it did. Quite the opposite IMHO.

Regards,

P.

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