Search:

Mostly, I'd think. I suppose there are also situations where you might want to print an integer with padding in a base that isn't supported by the *printf family.

Any code using your function ought to use values within the type's minimum guaranteed range, but a good point nonetheless. Have you considered converting it to an unsigned type?


It's necessary...

I guess there are two things that pop out at me:

- I think it would be more efficient, in the case that n is negative, if you made n a positive value at the beginning of your code instead of...