Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Thu Jan 12 00:38:25 UTC 2017
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc: README
Log Message:
Clarify the explanation of the compat_time.c definition of time.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 src/lib/libc/README
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/README
diff -u src/lib/libc/README:1.5 src/lib/libc/README:1.6
--- src/lib/libc/README:1.5 Sat Jul 11 15:23:57 2015
+++ src/lib/libc/README Thu Jan 12 00:38:25 2017
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- $NetBSD: README,v 1.5 2015/07/11 15:23:57 riastradh Exp $
+ $NetBSD: README,v 1.6 2017/01/12 00:38:25 riastradh Exp $
libc: The C library.
@@ -217,14 +217,17 @@ compiled with the old signature, will co
Then compat_time.c defines `time' normally:
- time_t
- time(time_t *t)
+ int32_t
+ time(int32_t *t)
{
...
Again, macro expansion replaces `time' by `_time', but since there
is no __RENAME directive in <compat/include/time.h>, the resulting
- ELF global symbol is `_time'.
+ ELF global symbol is `_time'. (Actually, compat_time.c just has
+ `#define time_t int32_t' and `#include "gen/time.c"' to get the same
+ text of the definition of time. The above definition is what we get
+ effectively by substituting int32_t for the type time_t.)
Finally, alongside the definition in compat_time.c is
