[boost] Re: timer classes

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-01 11:26:38

At 04:24 PM 7/1/99 +0200, Valentin Bonnard wrote:

>> >- Add a member function or constant to allow programatic access
the
>> >time limit of the implementation before overflow occurs.
>> 
>> Good idea.  Hum... How do you implement that using <ctime>? I will
>> have to ask some C experts, but it looks to me like you just came
up
>> with a hole in the C standard!  I have sent a message to the
>> committees asking for information.
>
>std::numerical_limits<time_t>::max () ?

What is needed is CLOCK_T_MAX or similar, which may be less than the
max value for the underlying type.

I have already had a couple of responses from the C committee people,
with at least one suggesting the need for a fix in time.h.

But for now it looks like a max() function would have to be hand
supplied for each implementation.

--Beman

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