[PATCH] Changes the default size of time_t to 64 bit.

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 11 14:23, Freddie Chopin wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-08-11 at 13:20 +0200, philipp.trommler@preh.de wrote:
> > +`--enable-32bit-time_t'
> > +     Use a time_t that is defined to long, regardless of the
> > wordsize of
> > +     the target. This may lead to problems in January 2038 when the
> > 32 bit
> > +     timestamp overflows but on the other hand may yield better
> > +     performance than 64 bit timestamps.
> > +     Disabled by default.
> 
> I would say that the option is misleading, as "long" may as well have
> 64-bits on 64-bit systems. Maybe it would be better to have it as "
> --disable-64bit-time_t"? This would have a similar issue, but be
> actually  more consistent with the logic of the patch - time_t is
> either 64-bit or whatever "long" is.

what about something like --enable-time_t-is-long-only ?


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat
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