Joe Orton wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 12:38:33AM -0300, Davi Arnaut wrote:
>> I think we could improve the (autoconf) format detection by:
>>
>> 1) Using __builtin_types_compatible_p (available since gcc-3.1)
> 
> This looks like a great idea.
> 
>> 2) First checking if the ssize_t type size is equal to long size, which
>> seems true on most systems.
> 
> Not so sure I'd mess with this.  At least 32-bit Linux really does use 
> an int for ssize_t.

Ok.

> But the most important thing here is that the qualifier used in the 
> format string really does match the integer size.  Where int and long 
> are the same size, the effect of an incorrect %d or %ld choice is only a 
> compiler warning.

Patch attached, looks good?

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Davi Arnaut