Re: [Vala] printing int64 value to standard output

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

On 05/15/12 14:43, Sam Wilson wrote:
> On 12-05-15 06:54 AM, pancake wrote:
> > %lld is not portable. your code will not work on windows.
> >
> > the portable way is:
> >
> > void main() {
> > uint64 ts = 123;
> > stdout.printf ("%"+uint64.FORMAT_MODIFIER;+"d\n", ts);
> > }
>
> That just looks horrible... Couldn't Vala just compile %lld into the 
> proper format on each platform?
>
> Sam

i know :) but that's just up to the GLIB library, not the C standard. 
you can use an const string somewhere like:

const string U64FMTd = "%"+uint64.FORMAT_MODIFIER+"d";

But I agree.. glib should provide a format string modifier for this 
instead of providing defines for using them.