[Jeff McCune]

gnormhurst,
Thank you for that incredibly detailed, quick, and accurate post. I'll make sure to read the C18 tech docs as soon as I can find the time. So far I've been very happy with how compliant the compiler is. I think you hit the nail on the head.

I hacked a macro to manipulate the datatypes I wanted to work with, but I *hate* macros. I think I might just use the command line option you mentioned, after I research it's overall implications.

deltacoder1020,
If you look over my examples, the type of data I was passing to printf was already int. re-casting it inside the printf statement won't change anything.