From: invalid AT erehwon DOT invalid (Graaagh the Mighty)
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Subject: Re: DJGPP reserves wrong int size
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:58:46 +0300, "Eli Zaretskii"
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> sat on a tribble, which squeaked:

>   *  An optional conversion qualifier, which may be `h' to specify
>     `short', `l' to specify long ints, or `L' to specify long doubles.
>     Long long type can be specified by `L' or `ll'.
>
>That's why the description of FP formats says
>
>> printf():
>>     `e'
>>     `E'
>>           A floating point number (double or long double).
>
>The `L' qualifier determines whether it's a double or a long double.

Okay, the docs aren't *wrong* then, they're just *unclear*, and maybe
even misleading...
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