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Re: Printing size_t on MSW (%zu)

 

I found it defined in
C:\msys64\mingw64\include\c++\8.3.0\x86_64-w64-mingw32\bits\os_defines.h on
my machine.
@JP -- what platform did you use (Windows version / MSYS version / etc)
where you saw the issue?

On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 9:02 AM Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2020-01-02 17:19, Jon Evans wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Context:
> > https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/merge_requests/28#note_264910682
> >
> > I have heard there are issues using "%zu" format specifier on
> > Windows/mingw, because mingw links against a very old Windows library
> > that does not support the C99 standard.
> >
> > I have also heard that this isn't an issue anymore because of
> > __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO in wxWidgets.
> >
> > I tried to reproduce this problem on my Windows 10 machine but couldn't
> > -- using %zu works fine.
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is still a problem on any of our supported
> > platforms?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Jon
>
> I learned that this was a problem from JP.  See commit
> https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/commit/17b18637f
>
> Perhaps he can shed some light on the specifics.
>
> -S
>
>
> Seth Hillbrand
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