Do we need a few new types?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Achim!

On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 09:01:51 +0100
Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo.de> wrote:

> > 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.

I suggested that a while back, but for some reason a lot of people
hate 128 bit integers.

No rush, no point until time_t gets fixed.

RGDS
GARY
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