Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> If we're using size_t, we can use %zu. That's specified in C99 as the >> appropriate formatting type for size_t, and we require C99 or C11 for >> all systems. We don't need to cast to uintmax_t. > > You and Documentation/CodingGuidelines contradict with each other > here. By this, I do not necessarily mean that we should stick to the past tradition since d7d850e2 (CodingGuidelines: mention C99 features we can't use, 2022-10-10), written back when MSVC was claiming to do C99 without letting us use %z conversion. What I meant was that if we are to update our stance against %z conversion after re-evaluating the situation (and such time will certainly come someday---I do not offhand know if it can be today), we should update the documentation before or at least at the same time we recommend its use to new people. Thanks.
