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Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: gettimeofday() for Win32
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: gettimeofday() for Win32 |
Date: |
Tue, 23 May 2006 09:45:16 -0700 |
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Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
>> + AC_CACHE_CHECK([for gettimeofday whose signature conforms to POSIX],
>
> What's the point of checking the signature? The only signatures of
> gettimeofday() I've seen are:
>
> int gettimeofday (struct timeval * tp, ...);
> int gettimeofday (struct timeval * tp, struct timezone *tzp);
> int gettimeofday (struct timeval * tp, void *tzp);
>
> and they are all OK with the usual way to call it.
That rings an old bell. Some old SVR4 systems put a one-argument
gettimeofday prototype into their <sys/time.h>. Also, Solaris 2.4 has
a one-argument prototype for C++ only. See my old Usenet post on the
subject here:
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.gcc.bug/msg/1079ba9ae74dd606