Re: [HACKERS] more on int8

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: daniel(at)digsys(dot)bg, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] more on int8
Date: 1998-09-11 06:14:28
Message-ID: 199809110614.CAA21946@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > > I tried the int8 type under BSD/OS, running 6.3.2 (contrib/int8).
> > > > There the %Ld type is unimplemented and %lld or %qd both work.
> > I am running BSD/OS here, and configure recoginizes it with %qd.
>
> Just out of curiosity, does Bruce's BSDI system recognize %lld as did
> Daniel's? If so, we could dispense with the %qd option for the final
> release...

Yes, BSDI understands %lld, but not %Ld, though it is not documented in
the printf manual page.

We could probably do without %qd, but I assume their are some platforms
that support %qd and not %lld. We can ask people as they run configure
if they ever see %lld failing but %qd passing.

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