On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:35 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 11:39 AM Nick Desaulniers > <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Generally, printing an int with %hhu may truncate depending on the > > value of the int. > > Yes. > > HOWEVER. > > That truncation is *LITERALLY THE MAIN REASON TO EVER USE %hhu IN THE > FIRST PLACE*. > > See the issue? > > Warning about "this may truncate bits" when the main reason to use > that format string in the first place is said bit truncation is kind > of stupid, isn't it? Yeah, I guess adding a truncate to the caller is kind of unnecessary if you're still going to use %hhd anyways. What are your thoughts on this bug I've filed? https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/57102 -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers
