public inbox for libc-alpha@sourceware.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
	Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org,
	Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:02:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2b275610-95cb-5d40-158e-3b1d9e7adde0@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <78f7baf9-bd40-39d5-bbca-403381ec369a@gmail.com>



On 2020-10-18 07:46, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 10/18/20 3:05 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 10/17/20 2:37 PM, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote:
>>>    since POSIX.1-2008.
>>> +.PP
>>> +Prior to POSIX.1-2008,
>>> +the type was either an integer type or a real-floating type.
>>
>> No actual POSIXish implementation ever made it a real-floating type, though, and
>> that point should be made lest some conscientious programmer worry about a
>> nonexistent porting issue.
> 
> Thanks for catching this, Paul!
> 
> Alex, I suggest either we drop this patch, or you could reword as
> something like:
> 
> "In POSIX.1-2001, the type was specified as being either an integer
> type or a real-floating type. However, existing implementations
> used an integer type, and POSIX.1-2008 tightened the specification
> to reflect this."
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 

Thanks, Paul!

Michael, I would opt for the simpler: drop the patch.

Thanks,

Alex

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-18  9:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-17 21:37 Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-17 21:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] system_data_types.7: Add 'clock_t' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18  5:56   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-18  9:10     ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18 13:09       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-19 17:40     ` \- vs - (Was [Re: [PATCH 2/3] system_data_types.7: Add 'clock_t']) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-17 21:37 ` [PATCH 3/3] clock_t.3: New link to system_data_types(3) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-18 16:52   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-18  1:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note Paul Eggert
2020-10-18  2:32   ` Zack Weinberg
2020-10-18  5:46   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-18  9:02     ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2020-10-18 13:05       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=2b275610-95cb-5d40-158e-3b1d9e7adde0@gmail.com \
    --to=colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com \
    --cc=eggert@cs.ucla.edu \
    --cc=libc-alpha@sourceware.org \
    --cc=linux-man@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mtk.manpages@gmail.com \
    --cc=zackw@panix.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body. 
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).