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From: johnz@cluster.cs.su.oz (John Zic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Aztec C 3.6c problems
Keywords: Argghhh...
Message-ID: <685@cluster.cs.su.oz>
Date: 9 Jan 90 01:11:02 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Science, Uni of Sydney, Australia
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I am have found some problems with Aztec C + SDB, version 3.6.

* printf is broken when linked with any of c32.lib, cld.lib, cld32.lib 
  (works fine with c.lib). Simple statements like: printf("hello\n"); refuses 
  to print.

* sizeof(int) = 0 if compiled with '+L' compiler option (which is supposed
  to make ints equivalent to longs, except under Toolbox calls).

* IUDateString always returns a shortDate format, irrespective
  of the format requested.  Secs2Date returns the correct structure,
  as does IUTimeString (can actually change it by changing the
  control panel settings).

* sdb crashes with ID=02 when trying to debug programs (not MPW tools, since
  sdb can't debug them!).

Configuration:
		Mac512KE with 1 Meg dove expansion and SCSI Port
		System 6.04, with MPW Shell 3.0 Beta 1
		(No Finder - startup application is MPW Shell).
		
	'AppleShare Prep'  AppleShare 
	
	INITS are:
		'512KE XPRAM INIT'  AutoBlack    SFScrollInit  
	
	CDEVs are:	
		General          Keyboard    Mouse    Sound    
		International    Map

Is it me, or has anyone else had these problems?  I find using this compiler
very frustrating, and I am starting to wish that I hadn't bought it.
Please DON'T tell me that I should have bought LightSpeed C, or MPW C, or..
I just want to know how I can fix these problems without spending more money.

John Zic, Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney.