Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:58:41 -0700 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <XFMail.011028175841.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011028171418.D32015@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On 29-Oct-01 David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:51:28PM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote: >> >> I too agree that we should change time_t on the 64bit >> >> platforms and leave the i386 platform alone. > > Since people are resisting moving i386 to a 64-bit time_t, only the Alpha > users should be able to vote what happens on their platform. > > Matt Dillon has found bugs where code assumed sizeof(time_t) == > sizeof(int), which was benign on the i386, would have been deadly on the > Alpha. And this is *precisely* why I have fought to keep the Alpha's > time_t the same size as the i386's. I am somewhat divided on this as well. I would like time_t to be a long on all platforms. However, given that the Alpha's future development is dead and that it probably won't be in use come 2038, I fear the usefulness of bumping it's time_t isn't worth the hastle. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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