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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]
> Personally, I think the whole "intmax_t" concept was a mistake.  But
> it's easier to see that kind of thing afterwards.
[...]

Personally, I think intmax_t is useful (perhaps more in C than in C++).
For example:

    some_integer_type x = some_value;
    printf("x = %jd\n", (intmax_t)x);

The zoo of ugly format macros in <cinttypes> doesn't cover all
possible cases.

Of course in C++ you can just write:

    std::cout << "x = " << x << "\n";

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */