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Re: What is the output of this program ?

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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 11/07/15 16:31, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
>>
>>> The correct way to /print/ size_t values, however, is not %d,
>>> but %zd.
>>
>> Isn't this contrary to your rule of limiting yourself
>> to constructs common to C90, C99 and C11?  ;)
>
>
> My answer was posited on the basis that the code was C99 (because of 
> anonymous wossnames, which I incorrectly thought were not supported by 
> C90). In writing what I would consider to be maximally portable code, I 
> would not use %z at all. But, if (as I incorrectly thought) one is using 
> C99 anyway, one might as well take advantage of %z.

I mentioned this before, but the correct format for size_t is "%zu", not
"%zd" (since size_t is an unsigned type).

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What is the output of this program ? Rahul Kumar <rahulkumar5july@gmail.com> - 2015-06-18 06:45 -0700
  Re: What is the output of this program ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-18 10:10 -0400
  Re: What is the output of this program ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-18 15:22 +0100
    Re: What is the output of this program ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-18 08:07 -0700
      Re: What is the output of this program ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-18 16:11 +0100
    Re: What is the output of this program ? Ralf Damaschke <rwspam@gmx.de> - 2015-06-18 18:48 +0000
      Re: What is the output of this program ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-18 23:01 +0100
    Re: What is the output of this program ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 08:31 -0700
      Re: What is the output of this program ? jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-07-13 07:51 -0700
        Re: What is the output of this program ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-15 02:51 -0700
          Re: What is the output of this program ? jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-07-15 05:55 -0700
            Re: What is the output of this program ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 10:01 -0700
      Re: What is the output of this program ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-13 22:07 +0100
        Re: What is the output of this program ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-13 14:16 -0700
        Re: What is the output of this program ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-15 02:11 -0700
          Re: What is the output of this program ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-15 10:58 +0100
            Re: What is the output of this program ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 10:05 -0700
  Re: What is the output of this program ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-18 12:26 -0400
    Re: What is the output of this program ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-18 10:14 -0700

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