From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MU694-0007kY-Tj for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:48:10 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MU694-0007jz-3y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:48:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MU68z-0007iF-W8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:48:09 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40975 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MU68z-0007iC-PR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:48:05 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:50154) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MU68y-0000X6-VN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:48:05 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 23 Jul 2009 17:48:03 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04F1034C6A for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:58:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1248384300.4660.214.camel@accesodirecto.casa> References: <1248289850.10302.57.camel@accesodirecto.casa> <1248375298.4660.174.camel@accesodirecto.casa> <1248380168.2661.71.camel@mj> <1248384300.4660.214.camel@accesodirecto.casa> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:48:02 -0400 Message-Id: <1248385682.2661.112.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH] C99 format specifiers for fixed-length integer types X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:48:10 -0000 On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 23:25 +0200, Javier Martín wrote: > With the reduced version of the patch I'm putting forward, such a > (hypothetical, indeed) change will only impact types.h, while otherwise > many source files will need to be modified in a hunt for "%ll"s and > their variations. We can consider "lower" types safe since the > autopromotion rules will keep the compiler happy even if int becomes > 64-bit. OK, I'm fine with this change. It would only address the problem we have now (long vs .long long for 64-bit types) without trying to anticipate what other platforms we may support. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin