Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers

H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03T06:22:51Z

Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:43:22PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>> +#define S64_C(x) x ## LL
>>>> +#define U64_C(x) x ## ULL
>>> but can't we use the latter for all arches?
>>>
>> You really don't want to, as the whole point is that you want it to
>> match what u64/s64 is defined as, in order to avoid spurious warnings.
>
> Excuse me, in which contexts? Where does replacement of explicitly long
> constant with explicitly long long one generate warnings on a host that has
> range(long) equal to range(long long)?

printf, for example.

-hpa