Fix issue 23872 - Wrong example in Interfacing to C, calling printf
#3594
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The key part of the printf syntax relating to this example is essentially:
%{length modifier}{conversion format specifier}. Some common examples:int,usinging intl-> used for:long,unsigned longll-> used for:long long,unsigned long longz-> used for:size_tt-> used for:ptrdiff_td,i- signed integer integer to decimal representationu- unsigned decimal integer to decimal representationo- unsigned decimal integer to octal representationx- unsigned decimal integer to hexadecimal representationFor reference, see: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io/fprintf
The issue was reported here:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/wodeaztcqwxulrfrgjvb@forum.dlang.org