Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 14:10:14 -0700 From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: time_t definition is worng Message-ID: <3B1BF936.5080700@quack.kfu.com> References: <200106012318.f51NI8w38590@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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David Wolfskill wrote: [...] > Ummm. With respect, I think the excerpt from "man 3 time" that reads: > > Upon successful completion, time() returns the value of time. Otherwise > a value of ((time_t) -1) is returned and the global variable errno is set > to indicate the error. ... And the only possible error concerns the argument. If the prototype for time was instead time_t time(void); or int time(time_t *); where the return value was strictly limited to 0 or -1 then even that wouldn't be a factor. But, of course, it's WAY too late to change that now. :-( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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