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I think you misread the root comment, it suggests a new function call that no one will use. Apple made that mistake, then they just switched the size and dealt
by rwaksmunski 5y ago
I think you misread the root comment, it suggests a new function call that no one will use. Apple made that mistake, then they just switched the size and dealt with the fallout.
- strenholme 5y agoLooks like I lost the context. In terms of the context: The issue is, besides having to rewrite code, it’s not just one function. It’s time_64(), but now we need gmtime_64(), strftime_64(), stat_64(), and so on for any and all functions which use timestamps. The thinking in Linux land is that we won’t have 32-bit applications come 2038 where this matters, because everything will be 64-bit by then.