[Coco] Microware C Compiler port

[Steven Hirsch]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Bill Barnes wrote:


> Hmmm, I thought it was this way:  printf("long int: %l",longint); I do 

> know that using "%d" deals with an int though, never seen it referenced 

> as "%ld"


I can only speak from experience with ANSI C compilers and modern 
libraries, but I've never seen a case where '%l' was legal syntax for 
printf substitutions.  '%d' represents integer and '%ld' represents long 
int.


> As far as length.... compiler specific. only guarantees is long is not 

> smaller than an int, and int is not shorter than a short. I forget the 

> OS-9 C (CoCo) lengths, and don't feel like chasing down my manual.


Very true.  The absolute sizes of these things is totally dependent on the 
compiler and/or compilation mode.

Steve


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