From: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@elstel.org>, <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: time64 functions for glibc
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:37:34 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2106241737180.70759@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01bcbb35-239b-09a4-16f5-c6e4f54f8f2d@cs.ucla.edu>
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.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-31 15:43 Elmar Stellnberger
2021-05-31 15:51 ` Paul Zimmermann
2021-05-31 16:01 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-31 18:46 ` Paul Eggert
2021-05-31 18:56 ` Florian Weimer
2021-05-31 19:08 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-31 19:16 ` Florian Weimer
2021-05-31 19:28 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 16:32 ` Elmar Stellnberger
2021-05-31 19:03 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-22 21:41 ` Paul Eggert
2021-06-23 13:29 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-23 16:59 ` Joseph Myers
2021-06-23 17:59 ` Paul Eggert
2021-06-24 17:37 ` Joseph Myers [this message]
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