> > 
> > previously i proposed that any code that measures a fail-timeout make
> > that timeout 1000ms longer whenever  t % 86400  is near zero
> 
> I assume that you mean near 0 or near 86400 since % is unsigned.
> 


yes

code example posted previously:

http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/leapsecs/2011-October/thread.html#3295



> > this pattern would duck most bugs
> 
> With timeouts, yes.  With other things, not so much...
> 


as a thought-experiment, i conjecture that it would have prevented all
the system failures reported in the media in the last few leap seconds

am i close?



> > these bogus advertisements seem like another good reason to implement
> > this
> 
> It says a lot about the robustness of leap seconds...
> 


yep


-paul





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