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Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> writes:
> On 2011-05-16, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>> C90 doesn't have a printf conversion specifier for ptrdiff_t, but
>> converting to long should be enough; ptrdiff_t is a typedef for a
>> signed integer type, and C90 has no predefined signed type wider
>> than long.
>
> Unfortunately, nearly every implementation now in use which is being used
> in "C90" mode actually has "long long".  With no stable way to print it...
>
> *sigh*

But do any of them make ptrdiff_t (or any other predefined typedef)
wider than long?  If not, then using "%ld" and a cast to long is
enough for this particular case.  (And even if ptrdiff_t is wider
than long, it's only a problem if the actual value being printed
exceeds LONG_MAX.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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I need help janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 04:05 -0700
  Re: I need help "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-14 13:30 +0200
    Re: I need help "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo.nospam@schmitz-digital.de> - 2011-05-14 13:46 +0200
      Re: I need help "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: I need help Columbus sailed the ocean China Blue <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-14 04:48 -0700
  Re: I need help "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo.nospam@schmitz-digital.de> - 2011-05-14 13:39 +0200
    Re: I need help "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo.nospam@schmitz-digital.de> - 2011-05-14 13:44 +0200
    Re: I need help "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-14 14:23 +0200
      Re: I need help "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo.nospam@schmitz-digital.de> - 2011-05-16 16:47 +0200
    Re: I need help James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-14 09:14 -0400
      Re: I need help "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo.nospam@schmitz-digital.de> - 2011-05-16 16:43 +0200
        Re: I need help Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-16 08:23 -0700
          Re: I need help Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-16 23:00 +0100
            Rationale for Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-16 23:40 -0500
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                Re: Rationale for Some of 6.7.3p9? Heikki Kallasjoki <see@end.of.message.invalid> - 2011-05-17 06:06 +0000
                Re: Rationale for Some of 6.7.3p9? Heikki Kallasjoki <see@end.of.message.invalid> - 2011-05-17 06:13 +0000
                Re: Rationale for Some of 6.7.3p9? Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-17 14:03 +0000
                Re: Rationale for Some of 6.7.3p9? Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-17 10:19 -0400
              Re: Rationale for Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2011-05-17 06:09 +0000
                Re: Rationale for Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-17 10:20 -0400
  Re: I need help Columbus sailed the ocean China Blue <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-14 04:45 -0700
  Re: I need help Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-14 09:39 -0400
    Re: I need help sandeep <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-05-15 21:37 +0000
      Re: I need help Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-15 18:35 -0400
        Re: I need help pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-15 19:45 -0400
          Re: I need help pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-15 20:15 -0400
        Re: I need help sandeep <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-05-16 18:27 +0000
          Re: I need help Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-16 14:45 -0400
          Re: I need help Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-16 11:41 -0700
            Re: I need help Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-16 19:12 +0000
              Re: I need help Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-16 12:30 -0700
                Re: I need help Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-16 20:09 +0000
                Re: I need help sandeep <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-05-16 20:35 +0000
                Re: I need help Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-16 23:22 +0100
                Re: I need help David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-05-24 01:19 -0400
              Re: I need help Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-19 00:19 -0700
                Re: I need help Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-19 14:37 +0000
                Re: I need help Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-19 08:17 -0700
                Re: I need help Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-19 16:08 +0000
                Re: I need help Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-19 11:13 -0700
      Re: I need help Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-16 08:12 -0700

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