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Diffstat (limited to 'stdlib/scanf.mli')
| -rw-r--r-- | stdlib/scanf.mli | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/scanf.mli b/stdlib/scanf.mli index 05cd86cac..09b6e4640 100644 --- a/stdlib/scanf.mli +++ b/stdlib/scanf.mli @@ -286,18 +286,18 @@ val bscanf : Scanning.in_channel -> ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd) scanner;; Hence, this conversion always succeeds: it returns an empty string if the bounding condition holds when the scan begins. - [S]: reads a delimited string argument (delimiters and special - escaped characters follow the lexical conventions of Caml). + escaped characters follow the lexical conventions of OCaml). - [c]: reads a single character. To test the current input character without reading it, specify a null field width, i.e. use specification [%0c]. Raise [Invalid_argument], if the field width specification is greater than 1. - [C]: reads a single delimited character (delimiters and special - escaped characters follow the lexical conventions of Caml). + escaped characters follow the lexical conventions of OCaml). - [f], [e], [E], [g], [G]: reads an optionally signed floating-point number in decimal notation, in the style [dddd.ddd e/E+-dd]. - [F]: reads a floating point number according to the lexical - conventions of Caml (hence the decimal point is mandatory if the + conventions of OCaml (hence the decimal point is mandatory if the exponent part is not mentioned). - [B]: reads a boolean argument ([true] or [false]). - [b]: reads a boolean argument (for backward compatibility; do not use @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ val bscanf : Scanning.in_channel -> ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd) scanner;; nothing to read in the input: in this case, it simply returns [""]. - in addition to the relevant digits, ['_'] characters may appear - inside numbers (this is reminiscent to the usual Caml lexical + inside numbers (this is reminiscent to the usual OCaml lexical conventions). If stricter scanning is desired, use the range conversion facility instead of the number conversions. |