Re: __TIME_MIN/__TIME_MAX

From: Jacques A. Vidrine (nectar_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 11/16/03

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To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org

    On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 06:52:30AM -0600, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
    > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 11:36:41PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote:
    > > Actually, it's implementation-defined if time_t is integral (doesn't
    > > matter if it is signed or unsigned) (and the value is not representable).
    > > It's only undefined if time_t is a floating type.
    >
    > Are you certain? I'll have to double-check. I thought that if a type
    > was signed, then attempting to assign an out-of-range value was
    > undefined (similar to overflow with signed types).

    I should know better than to question whether you are certain :-)
    I think I have failed to differentiate between `implementation-defined'
    and `undefined'.

    I'd like to avoid both `implementation-defined' and `undefined'
    behavior.

    Cheers, 

    -- 
Jacques Vidrine   NTT/Verio SME      FreeBSD UNIX       Heimdal
nectar@celabo.org jvidrine@verio.net nectar@freebsd.org nectar@kth.se
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