[Bug 1036859]

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I have already added a comment to the bug, listing the package as
libc6-dev.  I'll also follow the link in case that "official" way is
more helpful.

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> Title:
>   stdint.h defines PRIx16 and similar in unhelful way
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Ubuntu 11.04
>   reference: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/inttypes.h.html
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>   inttypes.h defines macros for fixed integer types.  The ones for 8-
>   and 16-bit types are currently the same as the 32-bit types, which
>   pretty much makes them useless.
>
>   PRIx16 is x      I suggest it should be hx
>   PRIx8 is x        I suggest it should be hhx
>
>   Otherwise, only by excruciatingly correct typecasting in the printf can you get the correct output for something like
>   int16_t this = -1;
>   printf("%" PRIx16 "\n", this);
>
>   As it stands, it will print 8 hex digits.  It makes more sense for it
>   to print 4.
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Title:
  stdint.h defines PRIx16 and similar in unhelful way

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.04
  reference: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/inttypes.h.html

  inttypes.h defines macros for fixed integer types.  The ones for 8-
  and 16-bit types are currently the same as the 32-bit types, which
  pretty much makes them useless.

  PRIx16 is x      I suggest it should be hx
  PRIx8 is x        I suggest it should be hhx

  Otherwise, only by excruciatingly correct typecasting in the printf can you get the correct output for something like
  int16_t this = -1;
  printf("%" PRIx16 "\n", this);

  As it stands, it will print 8 hex digits.  It makes more sense for it
  to print 4.

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