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Re: What have I done wrong?

Subject: Re: What have I done wrong?
From: Pilcrow <pilcrow@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:47:14 -0700
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:34:49 +0100, Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Pilcrow <pilcrow@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:27:49 -0700, Pilcrow <pilcrow@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:11:24 +0100, Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>wrote:
><snip>
>>>>A tip:  If you have literal formats and want to this conditionally you
>>>>can write:
>>>>
>>>>  printf("N = %"LL_MOD"d\n", ll_var);
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>
>>>>#define LL_MOD "I64"
>>>>
>>>>when using mingw.
>>>
>>>Not sure I understand all of that.  What is 'literal formats'?
><snip>
>>>Won't there be trouble with the nested quotes?
>>
>> Tried it, works exactly as you said, nested quotes and all.  weird.
>> Oh, now I see. The compiler concatenates the quotes.
>
>Sometimes being slow to reply is better!  Exactly.  May not help if
>you have other portability issues, but it is a device worth knowing.

I have a bad habit of starting my mouth before engaging my brain.


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