linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Many pages: Document fixed-width types with ISO C naming

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2208251435370.104368@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:38:40 +0000
From:   Joseph Myers <joseph@...esourcery.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Alex Colomar <alx@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Zack Weinberg <zackw@...ix.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        glibc <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>, GCC <gcc-patches@....gnu.org>,
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        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Many pages: Document fixed-width types with ISO C
 naming

On Thu, 25 Aug 2022, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> That's a small detail that yes, we've tried to avoid the absolute
> humongous mess that the C standard library has with their horrendous
> 'PRId*' mess, but honestly, it's just a tiny detail.

I've not yet implemented it for glibc or for GCC format checking, but C23 
adds 'wN' format length modifiers so you will be able to e.g. use "%w64d" 
with printf to print an int64_t and won't need those PRI macros any more.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@...esourcery.com