Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:20:29 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: lp64 vs lp32 printf Message-ID: <XFMail.20021009142029.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021009140419.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 09-Oct-2002 John Baldwin wrote: > > On 09-Oct-2002 Andrew Gallatin wrote: >> >> Peter Wemm writes: >> > > >> > > Um, using intmax_t to print size_t's would be incorrect, since it is >> > > signed. Using uintmax_t would be bloat. Very few typedefed types >> > > need the full bloat of [u]intmax_t, and size_t is unlikely to become >> > > one of them before casting it to uintmax_t to print it becomes a style >> > > bug in the kernel too (when %z is implemented). >> > >> > Bring it on! The sooner %z gets here the better. The only problem is that >> > gcc has been taught that %z means something different in the kernel. :-( >> >> Where is gcc taught these things? Can we update it? > > We should be able to change the kernel %z to some other weird letter. Actually, nothing in the kernel uses %z. It is a version of %x that allows for a sign (e.g. -0x10 instead of 0xfffffff0, or +0x10). -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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