Re: [PATCH] use %p for pointers

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > > %p will do no such thing in the kernel.  As for the difference...  %x
> > > might happen to work on some architectures (where sizeof(void
> > > *)==sizeof(int)),
> > > but it's not portable _and_ not right.  %p is proper C for that...
>
> Ah I see your point, but then again, %lx could have been used. Unless 
> there is some arch where sizeof(long) != sizeof(void *).

That really makes gcc bitch, *and* it's wrong for a whole bunch of reasons.

> > It's really too bad gcc bitches about %#p, because that's arguably The Right
> > Thing.
>
> ack. Make a bug report perhaps?

Maybe.  They'll probably say "the C standard says so" :-/

	-hpa

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