l_fp, time, calendar

[Hal Murray]

Stromeko at nexgo.de said:
> There should be no need to convert an l_fp timestamp into a double anywhere
> you need the full precision of the whole + fractional part.  If there is,
> then the whole seconds need to be split before you do whatever needs doing. 

Yup.

The problem area I was interested in was printing a l_fp that came from a 
packet.  Converting to a python time (aka double) gets all the python library 
software but mangles the bottom bits.  Most of the time those bottom bits are 
not important but I don't want to paint ourselves into a corner in case we 
come up with a case where they are.

I agree that a double is OK if we can do a subtract and only need enough bits 
for a useful difference.

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