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Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 
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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:38:55 -0600
From: Brad Huntting <huntting@hunkular.glarp.com>
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>   Simply changing time_t from an int to a long for 64 bit architectures
>   will not lessen the amount of work required to make it work properly
>   on 32 bit architectures 'later'.  I consider the approach worthless.
>   If we are going to change time_t we damn well ought to fix it for all
>   architectures all at once and get it over with.

I agree.  64 bit time routines are need on i386 _today_, and the
standard routines (localtime(), etc) are simply too useful to let
languish in their current crippled state.


brad

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