Hi наб,
On 12/6/21 21:12, наб wrote:
diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
index 1e6a3f74c..80679b180 100644
--- a/man7/system_data_types.7
+++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
@@ -1544,7 +1544,11 @@ or
.EX
struct timespec {
time_t tv_sec; /* Seconds */
+#if !(__x86_64__ && __ILP32__ /* == x32 */)
long tv_nsec; /* Nanoseconds [0 .. 999999999] */
+#else
+ long long tv_nsec;
+#endif
I prefer showing there the (simple) POSIX definition, and then in Notes
add a message that glibc uses a different type on most systems.
Otherwise, we're loosing the information that non-glibc systems use long.
How about something like the following?:
Notes: glibc uses long long instead of long for tv_nsec in some
architectures:
#if !(__x86_64__ && __ILP32__ /* == x32 */)
long tv_nsec;
#else
long long tv_nsec;
#endif
BTW, I don't understand why long long, if long can perfectly represent 0
.. 999999999. If you know the rationale for such extension, it would be
a great addition to Notes too.
Thanks!
Alex
};
.EE
.PP
--
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/
