On 3/27/07, Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- /* Birth time not supported. */ - pts->tv_sec = 0; - pts->tv_nsec = 0; - return 0; /* result is not valid */ + /* Birth time is not supported. Set tv_sec to avoid undefined behavior. */ + t.tv_sec = -1; + t.tv_nsec = -1;
This is an implicit change from what *BSD does in this situation; it normally tries to return (time_t)0 in tv_sec. To be honest, I don't like the convention of returning ((time_t)0) myself, since it's a valid timestamp. Using ((time_t)-1) seems more sensible to me, by analogy with the result of time(2). Was the change deliberate? James.
