Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: PRI* considered harmful Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:37:36 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <87mxgqhk3x.fsf@once.weird.com> <8762ndhnfs.fsf@once.weird.com> <87oc15g10i.fsf@once.weird.com> <87zkkpef5z.fsf@once.weird.com> <87r560c6pp.fsf@once.weird.com> <87mxgncaax.fsf@once.weird.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="mytEQcPL+ceHcrnNa7VoaQ"; logging-data="29616"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/BEeZ86r6bJH0ok3Jirr5E" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8xoDbr12T9HafAv6lzD3NG8wDe8= sha1:+YMFIguvqTRPWZhy2AJWY/u8E/c= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.std.c:725 Keith Thompson writes: > "Greg A. Woods" writes: >> Keith Thompson writes: >>> As I recall, your original article had a proposal for extending printf >>> format strings. Perhaps I'll go back and find it. >> >> You should -- that was the point of it after all. :-) >> >>> Once again, can you cite a specific real-world system where the >>> definitions of int32_t and PRId32 are *inconsistent*? >> >> Do you have a really short memory today Keith? Perhaps you should >> review the whole thread,. :-) > > I've already read the whole thread. Unless I missed something, > you have *never* cited a specific real-world system on which > those definitions are inconsistent. The closest you've come is to > mention a system where PRId32 expands to "ld" and you *assumed* that > int32_t is int, an assumption that is almost certainly incorrect. > (If int32_t is defined as long on that system, then it's not an > example that supports your claim.) > > Did you not understand my earlier explanation of this? Shall we just assume that you *don't* have any concrete examples to support your claim? -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Nokia "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"