Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:48:26 -0500 From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time_t and clock_t Message-ID: <367FA329.7566F4CF@ics.com> References: <19981222211218N.simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote: > > Hi, > > According to /usr/include/machine/ansi.h, time_t and clock_t are "int" on > alpha and "long" on i386 respectively. I know "int" on alpha and "long" on > i386 are same size 32bit, but I don't think it's resonable that time_t on > alpha is "int". FWIW, time_t and clock_t are also int on Digital Unix. > At least, "tv_sec" part of timeval is declared as "long". > Why don't we change time_t as "long"? Are time_t and clock_t supposed to be 32-bit types? I'll have to check my POSIX specs when I get to work. > It should make our life easier. How so? Using the right type name consistently should be all that's necessary to make life easier, right? -- Kaleb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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