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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:55:21 -0000 (UTC)
> Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:29:22 +0200
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wibbled:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Then how exactly do you printf value of type int64_t in a code that
>>> expected to pass [gcc] compilation with no warnings on two platforms,
>>> one of which is 64-bit Unix/Linux and another is just about anything
>>> else?
>>
>> Just use %llu everywhere.  Warnings only matter if they're important
>> ones.
>
> Unimportant warnings matter a lot, because they make seeing
> important warnings so much harder.

Absolutely.