format "%#" rejected as legacy format

[vicuna]

Original bug ID: 6536
Reporter: Nick Chapman
Status: closed (set by @damiendoligez on 2014-09-15T11:15:25Z)
Resolution: fixed
Priority: normal
Severity: minor
Version: 4.02.0+beta1 / +rc1
Fixed in version: 4.02.1+dev
Category: ~DO NOT USE (was: OCaml general)
Monitored by: @gasche

Bug description

but its still documented
#: request an alternate formatting style for numbers.

Steps to reproduce

$ ocaml -strict-formats
OCaml version 4.02.1+dev0-2014-08-29

Printf.printf "[%#.0f]" 1.2;;

Characters 14-23:
Printf.printf "[%#.0f]" 1.2;;
^^^^^^^^^
Error: invalid format "[%#.0f]": at character number 1, '#' is incompatible with 'f' in sub-format "%#.0f"

[vicuna]

Comment author: @damiendoligez

The # flag is only valid with octal and hexadecimal integer types. I have documented it accordingly (commit 15228).