Re: C standard question?

On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:26:23 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
> I can't speak for Tomas, but one argument I've seen is that, for
> example, "long unsigned" more closely matches the printf format "%lu".
> Using "unsigned long" makes it more likely that you'll accidentally
> write "%lu" (and often the only symptom will be an extraneous 'u' after
> the printed number).  It's a valid argument, but not one that I find
> persuasive.

Using "unsigned long" makes it more likely that you'll accidentally write 
"%ul" (and often the only symptom will be an extraneous 'l' after the 
printed number). I can see that you're so accustomed to %lu that you don't

even get it wrong when you want to. If everyone were, there would be no 
need to write long unsigned, but not everyone is :-)