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Re: [PATCH] Convert size datatype to size_t

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Martin Koegler <martin.koegler@chello.at>
Date
Aug 9, 2017, 07:26 UTC
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<20170809072613.GA20347@mail.zuhause>
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 09:19:06AM +0200, Martin Koegler wrote:
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> On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 11:04:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > As https://travis-ci.org/git/git/jobs/262463159 shows, unfortunately
> > it turns out that things are not so simple X-<.  On Linux32, size_t
> > is uint, which is the same size as ulong, but "%lu" is not appropriate
> > for showing a size_t value.
> > 
> > So you are correct to say in the comment under three-dashes that
> > there is much more to change in the codebase.
> 
> I'll post a new version fixing the *printf issues.

What is the correct format specifier for size_t? Linux has %zu (C99). Is that OK for the GIT codebase?

Regards, Martin

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