Re: about lposix

[David Jones <drj@...>]

On 18 Oct 2006, at 21:36, Nick Gammon wrote:

> On 18/10/2006, at 9:57 PM, Mike Pall wrote:
>
> > #define LUA_INTFRMLEN           "I64"
> >
> > Yes, this gives %I64d. Proprietary M$ stuff *sigh*. But I'm not
> > sure whether this is already supported in V6 or only in later
> > versions.
>
> Oh, cool, that works. Didn't think to try that.
>
> When using MS VC++ v 6, I needed this:
>
> #define LUA_INTFRMLEN           "I64"
> #define LUA_INTFRM_T            __int64
>
> When using gcc, I used:
>
> #define LUA_INTFRMLEN           "ll"
> #define LUA_INTFRM_T            long long
>
> This worked when using the cygwin1.dll.
>
>
> However to use the standard libraries (ie. -mno-cygwin) I needed a  
> hybrid which it hadn't occurred to me to try:
>
> #define LUA_INTFRMLEN           "I64"
> #define LUA_INTFRM_T            long long

Because "long long" is a feature of the compiler, gcc, and "l64" is a  
feature of printf in the library.  "l64".  It's almost as if  
Microsoft go to the standards meetings just so they can deliberately  
do something else.

drj