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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:32:33 +0000
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Subject: Re: long unsigned int vs. uint32_t again
From: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
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Chuck wrote:
> cygwin's <inttypes.h> has:
> #define PRIu32 "lu"
>
> and <stdint.h> has
> typedef unsigned int uint32_t;
>
> Is it possible that our inttypes.h should be changed, to use "u" for 8, 1=
6, and 32 bits?

Yep, I'd say so.

>=A0Or is gcc's -Wformat=3D2 in 3.4.4 just too strict here -- and should be=
 checking
> the actual bitwidths of types against the formats, before assuming that
> "lu" doesn't match uint32_t?

No. "long" and "int" are different types, and ignoring this would just
store up trouble for when code is ported to platforms with 64-bit
longs.

Andy

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