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Re: cygwin g++ strictness


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According to John Emmas on 10/31/2008 9:35 AM:
> question - when programming like this:-
> 
> int32_t i = 32;
> printf("%d", i);
> 
> is it reasonable for a programmer to assume that a type declared as int32_t
> will be compatible with "%d" when building for a 32-bit platform?

It is not portable to platforms with 16-bit int (although these days, such
platforms are museumware).  You can probably ignore the warning on 32-bit
platforms, but the better fix is to make your code portable by using
<inttypes.h>.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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