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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: PLEASE EXPLAIN v2.953
Date: 19 Dec 2004 00:11:29 GMT
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Radical NetSurfer <RadSurfer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:

[... much snipped ...]

> What is this indicating?

To put it bluntly: it indicates that you haven't read the fine manual
on printf() with sufficient attention yet.  Please do so immediately.

> %ld works, but get this, according to  'libc.txt' which describes the
> library functions (by category, etc.) and looking at  
>    printf

There is no 'libc.txt' that is supposed to document the details of
DJGPP's implementation of printf().  The main documentation is libc.info.

> there is *NO* sign of &h,  no sign of 'l' as a long modifier,

Huh?  What's this, then (quoted straight from 'info libc alpha printf':

   *  An optional conversion qualifier, which may be `h' to specify
     `short', `l' to specify long ints, or `L' to specify long doubles.
     Long long type can be specified by `L' or `ll'.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.