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From: Holger Kiehl <Holger.Kiehl@dwd.de>
Subject: Re: Question about ULLONG_MAX
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 20:39:44 +0000 (GMT)
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On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Glynn Clements wrote:

>
> Holger Kiehl wrote:
>
>> Compiling the above on AIX compiles and runs without problems. Also
>> on an older Solaris 8 system using gcc (3.3.2) it compiles and runs
>> straight out of the box.
>>
>> If I want to use ULLONG_MAX how can I do this in a portable way so it
>> compiles on different systems?
>
> You need to explicitly enable C99 support; "long long" isn't in C89,
> so you shouldn't assume that it will be available when using the
> default compilation settings.
>
You are right. Enabling C99 support explicitly is the better solution.

Thanks,
Holger