From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Oct 26 19:48: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from coffee.q9media.com (coffee.q9media.com [216.94.229.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9210537B405; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:48:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mike@localhost) by coffee.q9media.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f9R2pwq02526; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 22:51:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 22:51:58 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft To: Mike Smith Cc: Matthew Dillon , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64 bit times revisited.. Message-ID: <20011026225158.C2283@coffee.q9media.com> References: <200110270109.f9R19uv06023@mass.dis.org> <20011026215256.A2283@coffee.q9media.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011026215256.A2283@coffee.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 09:52:56PM -0400 Organization: The FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Barcroft writes: > Mike Smith writes: > > I'll say it again, then. > > > > These programs should *not* be trying to use these functions. These functions > > are meant for manipulating time_t, which is a representation of "now". > > C99 defines clock_t and time_t as "arithmetic types capable of > representing times". I can't find any reference in POSIX or C99 that > time_t or its associated functions only deal with time as "now". > Could you please reference the source of this information. I discussed this with Mike on IRC, and his argument was geared more towards common usages of time_t rather than what the standards define them to be. POSIX and C99 are actually quite vague on the subject. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message