[Dev-C++] short integer problem

[rchavez <rc...@so...>]

Thanks for all the useful replies on this.  They helped me clear up some
other minor mysteries  regarding double variables.  My text did not mention
format specifiers hd, le or lg at the appropriate times ( only in the
appendix once I knew what I was looking for ).

Two related questions if I may:

  double should be equivalent to long float but long float gives compiler
error.  Was the ANSI standard changed?

  long double compiles but I get strange behavior as I did for short when
using %d instead of %hd.  I looked for long double in Kernighan & Ritchie
but saw only the modifiers h & l.  Is there a format specifier for long
double?  If not, why do I not get an error in compiling as I did for short
char?

Rob