Re: [PATCH] use %p for pointers

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Wed Oct 11 2006 - 15:30:53 EST



>> > > %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.

Ah my bad. Thanks for the slap reminder. :)


-`J'
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