Re: cast pid_t to int when using *printf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: cast pid_t to int when using *printf
Date: 2004-09-24 14:13:22
Message-ID: 21288.1096035202@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> I guess it would be safest to use %ld and cast pid_t to long. Of course,
> this seems a little paranoid -- is there actually a system with
> sizeof(pid_t) != 4?

Traditionally PIDs fit in 16 bits, let alone 32. I'd recommend that we
standardize on casting pid_t to int for printing purposes; I think
that's what's being done in more places than not. Also, as you note, we
are using int variables to hold PIDs in many places --- I don't think
it's worth running around and changing those either.

regards, tom lane

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