From 1ce449d40dda541e765de14183fbf660a4cc6512 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 09:19:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] parse unknown format as number

forward compatibility
---
 pdbApp/pvif.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pdbApp/pvif.cpp b/pdbApp/pvif.cpp
index 3cde6f9..2a681a5 100644
--- a/pdbApp/pvif.cpp
+++ b/pdbApp/pvif.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,11 @@ void findFormat(pvTimeAlarm& pvmeta, pdbRecordIterator& info, const epics::pvDat
                     fmt->putFrom<pvd::uint32>(i);
             }
             if(!found) {
-                fmt->putFrom<pvd::uint32>(0); // Default
+                try {
+                    fmt->putFrom(std::string(FMT)); // attempt to parse as number
+                }catch(std::exception& e){
+                    errlogPrintf("%s: info(Q:form, \"%s\") is not known format: %s\n", info.name(), FMT, e.what());
+                }
             }
         }
     }