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To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
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Subject: Re: time_t definition is worng
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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. :-(


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