Re: [gpsd-dev] Lots of warnings

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Fred!

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:44:35 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Wright <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:08:37 -0400
> > Joshua Judson Rosen <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  
> > > > Plain C99 does not specifiy that time_t is an integer.  
> > >
> > > So..., on what systems is time_t a float? I'd really like
> > > to know how likely I am to run into that situation....  
> >
> >
> > LMGTFY:
> >
> > https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/sasc/doc700/html/lr1/z2056869.htm
> >   
> 
> It's not even consistent across SAS/C, though.  SAS/C on the Amiga
> defines it as a long as usual.  I'm not sure the IBM 370 is a
> terribly useful target for GPSD. :-)

But that is the point.  time_t is not consistent, it is all over the map.

gpsd can not insist on any behavior not specified in a standard gpsd
purports to follow.  And often not even then.

RGDS
GARY
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