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[off topic] I always wondered how '%n' is used in production code.

• dmitrygr 5y ago
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3401156/what-is-the-use-of-the-n-format-specifier-in-c https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3401156/what-is-the-use-...
  • professoretc 5y ago
    Those answers were so frustrating to read. The question is explicitly asking "Why does this exist? When would you need it?" and yet most of the answers are "This is what it does." (sometimes with a few snide RTFMs thrown in for good measure).
    • ltr_ 5y ago
      that was exactly what i was asking for, i know how it works, but i would like to know how it is used by pros, (if used at all)