STM32CubeIDE: Format specifier concerns

[RajeevAroraCrcEvans]

Hi,

I am using STM32CubeIDE to build project fro STM32H753 microcontroller.

I am unaware why the STM32CubeIDE is updating the type of uint32_t to unsigned long.

I assume for a 32 bit processor uint32_t should be typed to unsigned int.

Where do I find declaration of __UINT32_TYPE__ ?

/* Sample code to report issue */

uint32_t my_id = "1234";

sprintf( tmpstr, "Ser# %08X\r\n", my_id );

On compiling code I observe:

../User_Code/File_Xxx.c:205:36: warning: format '%X' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but argument 3 has type 'uint32_t' {aka 'long unsigned int'} [-Wformat=]

205 | sprintf( tmpstr, "Ser# %08X\r\n", my_id );

| ~~~^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

| | |

| | uint32_t {aka long unsigned int}

| unsigned int

| %08lX

Is there a way I can instruct STM32CubeIDE to type case uint32_t to unsigned int.

I also want to ensure that my change is not overwritten when I regenerate the code with help of IOC file.

Regards,

Rajeev

[Andrew Neil · Accepted solution]

The correct way to do this is to use the format specifiers from inttypes.h; eg, PRIx32 for uint32_t

eg,

uint32_t my_id = "1234";

sprintf( tmpstr, "Ser# %08" PRIx32 "\r\n", my_id );

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/inttypes.h

BTW: Use this button to get the code formatting:

[RajeevAroraCrcEvans]

Thanks! I will test it out.

[TDK]

>  uint32_t my_id = "1234";

This won't even compile.

Unable to reproduce the issue even if I take out the quotes.

[Andrew Neil]

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@TDK wrote:

This won't even compile.

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It will compile, but with a warning about that initialiser:

warning: initialization of 'uint32_t' {aka 'long unsigned int'} from 'char *' makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]

😎

EDIT

In addition to the OP's warning:

 warning: format '%x' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but argument 3 has type 'uint32_t' {aka 'long unsigned int'} [-Wformat=]
   65 |         sprintf( tmpstr, "Ser# %08x\r\n", my_id );
      |                                ~~~^       ~~~~~
      |                                   |       |
      |                                   |       uint32_t {aka long unsigned int}
      |                                   unsigned int
      |                                %08lx

[Pavel A.]

Unfortunately even for 32-bit platform, GCC and the newlib library define int32_t as long. Even though int and long  are same physical types, the compiler distinguishes them and requires printf format %ld or %lu. Or %lX.

Agree with Andrew about inttypes.h, but these format macros are maddening ((

[Andrew Neil]

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@Pavel A. wrote:

these format macros are maddening ((

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Aren't they just?! 🙄😳

Could they have made it more klunky if they'd tried?

[Pavel A.]

Well, the C++ way (ostream and operator << ) handles it automatically, but it takes conversion to C++. Variadic C functions are a headache.