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Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:06:56 -0400
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On 3/19/2025 1:40 PM, James Kuyper wrote:
> On 3/19/25 13:23, DFS wrote:
> ...
>>      int64_t n = 0, max = 0, thismax = 0;
> ...
>>      printf("\nmax n = %lld reached at input = %d\n", max, input);
> ...
>> You'll get compilation warnings about the printf specifier used with
>> int64_t.
> 
> Not if you use the correct specifier:
> #include <inttypes.h>
> printf("\nmax n = %" PRId64 " reached at input = %d\n", max, input);


I saw that online, but didn't want to add another include.

But it does make the code slightly more portable - with those changes 
the code now compiles and runs cleanly under Windows tcc and Linux gcc.

Thanks.