time_t 64 bits?

Olivier Houchard mlfbsd at ci0.org
Fri May 12 11:00:29 UTC 2006


On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:30:03PM -0400, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> John Baldwin just asked me why time_t is 32 bits on arm.  Is there any
> reason for it?  Can we change it to 64 bits?  Would this cause
> problems for our users?
> 
> Warner

Well it's 32 bits because it's 32 bits on i386 too. But I guess if such a
change has to be done, now is a good time to do so, not sure if it can have
a negative impact on performances.

Olivier



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