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SubjectRe: RFD: x32 ABI system call numbers
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:44:04 -0700
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> On 08/31/2011 12:18 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >> You do realize that there are probably quite a lot of programs that
> >> depend on signed time_t because they really do care about dates before
> >> 1970?
> >
> > Yes, it already occurred to me after I had written the above that we
> > really want it to be signed, especially to allow a meaningful conversion
> > at least one-way between 32 and 64 bit time_t values.
> >
>
> The only reason I mentioned redefining 32-bit time_t as unsigned was for
> *legacy ABIs*.

But if you redefine it then it's not a legacy ABI any more - its a new
ABI. Might as well just cause the pain. 64bit has already done much of
the cleaning up.


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