Subject: Re: posix time.h and adding restrict keyword
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/18/2004 15:13:39
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 01:24:16PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> this however is wrong. time_t and long, and i'd guess suseconds_t and
> long both are difference sizes. ie, this breaks the ABI and API.
Yes, we will need major compatibility work for that. We should still do
it, since lots of legal code breaks when passing for example &tv_sec
to functions expecting a time_t *.
Martin