bug#36887: closed (coreutils-8.31: printf chokes on \u0041)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #36887,
regarding coreutils-8.31: printf chokes on \u0041
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> coreutils-8.31: printf chokes on \u0041
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> Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:02:26 +0200
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> [Forwarding bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/680244 as requested by the
> Gentoo package maintainer.]
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> According to printf(1):
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>    Interpreted sequences are:
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>    \uHHHH Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
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>    \UHHHHHHHH
>           Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
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> It does not work, though:
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> $ /usr/bin/printf '\u0041\n'
> /usr/bin/printf: invalid universal character name \u0041
> $ /usr/bin/printf '\U00000041\n'
> /usr/bin/printf: invalid universal character name \U00000041
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> Other tools interpret the sequence correctly:
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> $ printf '\u0041\n'   # bash
> A
> $ echo -e '\u0041'    # bash
> A
> $ zsh -c "echo -e '\u0041'"
> A
> $ emacs -Q --batch --eval '(princ "\u0041\n")'
> A
> $ python -c "print ('\u0041')"
> A
> $ ruby -e 'print("\u0041\n")'
> A
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> Re: bug#36887: coreutils-8.31: printf chokes on \u0041
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> Wed, 7 Jun 2023 15:57:01 +0100
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> On 07/06/2023 15:16, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > Can this bug be closed? AFAICS it is fixed since coreutils-9.2.
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> > Relevant commit:
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/src/printf.c?id=0925e8a0f413ecf9004153d89b312b385b20d0ee
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> Marked as done.
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> thanks!
> Pádraig
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