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Subject: Re: cygwin-1.7.5: intptr_t/uintptr_t types and PRI?PTR/SCI?PTR format 	specfiers are inconsistent
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On May 24 14:19, Matthew Fluet wrote:
> /usr/include/stdint.h typedefs intptr_t as "int" and uintptr_t as
> "unsigned int".
> /usr/include/inttypes.h #defines PRIdPTR as "ld" and PRIoPTR as "lo".
> These and the other PRI?PTR and SCN?PTR format specifiers are meant to
> be used for the intptr_t and uintptr_t types (thus, making them usable
> without needing to know their exact type definitions).
> 
> This inconsistency leads to warnings from gcc.  (There is also a
> potential calling-convention mismatch, though not on x86.)

intptr_t and uintptr_t in stdint.h have been changed back in 2009 to
avoid some inconsistencies with the original definition.  Unfortunaltey
we missed out on inttypes.h.  I checked in a fix.


Thanks for the report,
Corinna

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