Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:15:29 -0800 | From | Ulrich Drepper <> | Subject | Re: POSIX timer syscalls |
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David Mosberger wrote:
> On a related note: as far as I can see, timer_t is declared as "int" > on all platforms (both by kernel and glibc). Yet if my reading of the > kernel code is right, it's supposed to be "long" (and allegedly some > standard claims that timer_t should be the "widest" integer on a > platform).
There is no such claim, don't spread misinformation.
timer_t is just an ID. No specifics of the type are defined in the standard. 'int' is as fine as 'long' if it is OK for the implementation.
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