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On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:31:46 +0000, Mark Bluemel
<> wrote in comp.lang.c:

> Ido Yehieli wrote:
> > Hi,
> > from what i've read (http://tigcc.ticalc.org/doc/
> > keywords.html#short) and unsigned int should normally be in the range
> > 0 to 65535. However, compiling and running this program:
> >
> > #include <stdio.h>
> >
> > int main(){
> > unsigned int y=1;
> > y-=2;
> > printf("y=%i\n",y);
>
> What does the %i mask in printf() expect?

I don't know, what do you mean by mask?

> What mask should you specify for unsigned data?

Again, what mask? Most people associate the term "mask" with a
pattern, hopefully of an unsigned integer type, used in bitwise
operations.

The C standard uses the term "conversion specifier". It's ever so
much better than mask, don't you think?

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Jack Klein wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:31:46 +0000, Mark Bluemel
> <> wrote in comp.lang.c:
>
>> Ido Yehieli wrote:

>>> printf("y=%i\n",y);
>> What does the %i mask in printf() expect?
>
> I don't know, what do you mean by mask?
[snip]
> The C standard uses the term "conversion specifier". It's ever so
> much better than mask, don't you think?
>
OK point taken...