time64 functions for glibc

Joseph Myers joseph@codesourcery.com
Thu Jun 24 17:37:34 GMT 2021


On Wed, 23 Jun 2021, Paul Eggert wrote:

> On 6/23/21 9:59 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > > -* Add support for 64 bit time_t for ABIs with defaults to 32 bit time_t.
> > > +* Add support for 64 bit time_t for ABIs with defaults currently
> > > unchanged.
> 
> > I think the intended meaning of this was that "ABIs with defaults to 32
> > bit time_t" was a phrase describing those glibc configurations for which
> > support for 64-bit time_t was added
> 
> Oh, that intended meaning wasn't clear to me. How about if we change that
> sentence to the following, which I hope makes things clearer.
> 
> * Add support for 64-bit time_t on configurations like x86 where time_t
>   is traditionally 32-bit.  Although time_t still defaults to 32-bit on
>   these configurations, this default may change in future versions.

This wording is OK with me.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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