Do we need a few new types?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo.de>:
> Gary E. Miller writes:
> > Or, just go with the flow and use the epoch in a timepec like
> > structure:
> >
> > ntp_time_t {
> > 	int epoch;
> > 	uint32 seconds;
> >         uint32 faction;
> > }
> >
> > That would stop all that shifting back and forth.
> 
> Oh please, no.  Consider using a 128bit integer type when the time comes
> around, but not such an abomination.  Specifically not that useless
> mucking about with integral and fractional seconds.  You report the
> time in integral units of 2^-32 seconds, period.

Achim is right.  This is exactly the both I had to *remove*.
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