Re: [HACKERS] more on int8 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] more on int8
Date
Msg-id 199809110614.CAA21946@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] more on int8  ("Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] more on int8  (Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg>)
Re: [HACKERS] more on int8  (Brook Milligan <brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu>)
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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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