Re: Any idea why timespec* is _KERNEL stuff only?

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:32:59 +0200
In message <20040721232310.Y2587_at_epsplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes:

>The timespec struct is POSIX standard.  POSIX has the correct number of
>functions for operating on timespec structs (none).

I am not in agreement mere.  As much as I hate timespec, we'll have
to live with it, and rather than have people make their own mistakes
I'd prefer to expose some functions/macros that do it right.

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Received on Wed Jul 21 2004 - 14:33:18 UTC

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