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Subject: Re: headers that use "struct bintime"
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On May 19, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <20120520004236.D1313@besplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes:
>> On Sat, 19 May 2012, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
>>>>> Or maybe "struct bintime" be defined unconditionally?
>>> 
>>> I think this is the best/right way to go.
>> 
>> Not permitted.
> 
>> sys/time.h is still massively polluted in other ways:
>> [...]
>> Not permitted in POSIX.1, [...]
> 
> I think at this time, we can either religiously stick to POSIX
> and become irellevant with it, or we can develop our APIs to
> become useful and desirable, and have a chance to survive.

Doesn't __BSD_VISIBLE do just that?

Warner

> Strictly 1980-compatible APIs will not gain FreeBSD 10+ any
> new users.
> 
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