ax_printf_size_t
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Synopsis
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     AX_PRINTF_SIZE_T

Description
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Check for the appropriate printf() format string modifier to use with a size_t argument. If a suitable modifier is found, it is AC_DEFINE'd as PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER, and can be used in C code as e.g.

       printf("Size = %" PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "u bytes.\n", sizeof(foo));

If you use the PRIxNN macros from ISO C99's <inttypes.h>, you may wish to define a supplemental set of macros along similar lines:

       #define PRIdSIZE PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "d"
       #define PRIiSIZE PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "i"
       #define PRIoSIZE PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "o"
       #define PRIuSIZE PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "u"
       #define PRIxSIZE PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "x"
       #define PRIXSIZE PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER "X"

Note: This macro invokes a test program to check whether a given format modifier is understood by the system's sprintf() function. If the user is cross-compiling, then this check cannot be performed, and thereby PRI_SIZE_T_MODIFIER will remain undefined.

Source Code
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Download the latest version of ax_printf_size_t.m4 (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf-archive.git;a=blob_plain;f=m4/ax_printf_size_t.m4) or browse the macro's revision history (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf-archive.git;a=history;f=m4/ax_printf_size_t.m4).

License
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Copyright © 2012 Daniel Richard G. skunk@iSKUNK.ORG

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