Re: Module idx

[Bruno Haible]

Hello Marc,

> I am wondering how to print (using printf) values of type idx_t
> reliably without assuming that idx_t == ptrdiff_t and without
> conversion to uintptr_t.
> 
> Would it make sense to add PRIxxx and SCNxxx macros (as those found in
> inttypes.h) to idx.h?

You can certainly add such macros. But given that internationalization
supports PRIuPTR but not your PRIxxx macro (both at runtime in glibc
and GNU libintl, as well as in the 'msgfmt -c' tooling), I would
recommend to stay with the predefined PRI* macros.

Bruno