stdint.h defines PRIx16 and similar in unhelful way

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Ubuntu 11.04
reference: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/inttypes.h.html

inttypes.h defines macros for fixed integer types. The ones for 8- and 16-bit types are currently the same as the 32-bit types, which pretty much makes them useless.

PRIx16 is x I suggest it should be hx
PRIx8 is x I suggest it should be hhx

Otherwise, only by excruciatingly correct typecasting in the printf can you get the correct output for something like
int16_t this = -1;
printf("%" PRIx16 "\n", this);

As it stands, it will print 8 hex digits. It makes more sense for it to print 4.

[Kevin O'Gorman (kogorman-pacbell)]

I guess I should have named the package too: libc6-dev.
This is still an issue in 12.04, at package level 2.15-0ubuntu10

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[Kevin O'Gorman (kogorman-pacbell)]

I have already added a comment to the bug, listing the package as
libc6-dev. I'll also follow the link in case that "official" way is
more helpful.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot
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> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a
> specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu
> in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source
> packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs
> about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your
> bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage.
> You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.
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> To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit
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> Title:
> stdint.h defines PRIx16 and similar in unhelful way
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 11.04
> reference: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/inttypes.h.html
>
> inttypes.h defines macros for fixed integer types. The ones for 8-
> and 16-bit types are currently the same as the 32-bit types, which
> pretty much makes them useless.
>
> PRIx16 is x I suggest it should be hx
> PRIx8 is x I suggest it should be hhx
>
> Otherwise, only by excruciatingly correct typecasting in the printf can you get the correct output for something like
> int16_t this = -1;
> printf("%" PRIx16 "\n", this);
>
> As it stands, it will print 8 hex digits. It makes more sense for it
> to print 4.
>
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

This bug, PRIx16 is "x" rather than "hx", reported 2012-08, has just bit me.
Is Ubuntu now doing a disservice to the community by still accepting bug reports, but acting as a "nothing happens" sink for them with more chance of a fix if they were reported upstream in the first place?