Do we need a few new types?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> Or, just go with the flow and use the epoch in a timepec like
> structure:
> 
> ntp_time_t {
> 	int epoch;
> 	uint32 seconds;
>         uint32 faction;
> }

Oh dear Goddess no.  This is what I moved us away from, because it
was horrible. All kinds of things that are now natural arithmetic operations
were headache-inducing macros.
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