From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com [205.139.110.120]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F9D386F820 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:34:51 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E8F9D386F820 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-494-GDtGRnnAP7yEMOfccA2FBg-1; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:34:46 -0400 X-MC-Unique: GDtGRnnAP7yEMOfccA2FBg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0222ADC03; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:34:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg2.str.redhat.com (ovpn-113-177.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.113.177]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B19F275261; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:34:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, Alejandro Colomar , linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] system_data_types.7: Document size_t References: <20200918112755.21428-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <20200918112755.21428-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:34:43 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200918112755.21428-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> (Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha's message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:27:55 +0200") Message-ID: <87tuvv5f24.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:34:53 -0000 * Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha: > +Used for a count of bytes. It is the result of the > +.I sizeof > +operator. > +According to the C language standard, > +it shall be an unsigned integer type > +capable of storing values in the range [0, > +.BR SIZE_MAX ]. Thanks for working on this. Maybe add that this commonly maps to unsigned int or unsigned long, and that the length modifier for printf and scanf is z, commently used as %zu or %zx (%zd is for ssize_t). Florian -- Red Hat GmbH, https://de.redhat.com/ , Registered seat: Grasbrunn, Commercial register: Amtsgericht Muenchen, HRB 153243, Managing Directors: Charles Cachera, Brian Klemm, Laurie Krebs, Michael O'Neill