Re: [PATCH] long long for printf on MinGW

[Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>]

Mark Kettenis wrote:
> I'm not sure it "ought to work".  The host printf(3) doesn't support
> "%lld", so why should gdb support it?

How about 'because it can'?

> If your answer is "because the target printf(3) supports it", then
> think again.  By using the host printf(3) like we now do, the gdb
> printf prints types with widths as they are on the host, and not as
> they are on the target.

I'm rather more interested in the usability of the debugger than 
niceties of implementation.

When a customer reports that a feature doesn't work on a platform, I 
don't like to tell them that it shouldn't work unless I have a really 
good reason. If Windows only had a 62 bit printf (or something else 
ridiculous) then that might qualify, but I can't find a reason in this case.

Andrew