>>> the use of __TIME__ and __DATE__ means that a build >>> produces different binaries every single time; this forces engineers to >>> manually evaluate whether or not a source change (a header file, for >>> example) affects a given binary. This induces errors, or forces us to >>> always ship any binary which has such constructs in the source code, >>> inflating everyone's costs to no good purpose. I agree the compiler should have a way to override these macros.
Wouldn't it also be possible to modify the software in question so that it doesn't use __TIME__ and __DATE__? --chris
