Work item list: l_fp_time and l_fp_offset

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Achim!

On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:59:32 +0200
Achim Gratz via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Hal Murray via devel writes:
> > devel at ntpsec.org said:  
> >> Work item: Replace
> >>   typedef uint64_t l_fp;
> >> with
> >>   typedef uint64_t l_fp_time;
> >>   typedef int64_t l_fp_offset;   
> >
> > I think that should be rejected in favor of eliminating l_fp except
> > at the very edge and doing the pivot at the edge.  
> 
> What exactly do you suggest to replace it with?

Timespec with time64_t.  As Linux 64-bit uses now for native time.  Then
the timestamp arithmetic does not lose precision and the first time64_t
rollover is centuries from now.

RGDS
GARY
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