From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD92C433DF for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:02:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2744E20637 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:02:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="LL0hcQfZ" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725877AbgJRJCo (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:02:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50934 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725320AbgJRJCn (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:02:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x441.google.com (mail-wr1-x441.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::441]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7886CC061755 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x441.google.com with SMTP id s9so8018429wro.8 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:02:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GysqkzBfoD3q0sDk/uCXfgjLTUDlRaWu+bBXnzGCXqQ=; b=LL0hcQfZyWpYvy+Io2p0o1oZgPnWAV2xRssOjlpFNKTFXZ/L969fKUah/wrw2Av1qD a24uhyQVIJp94WA/80AuBP0tJpCzona7Afz6/IywCPemI9/ldlqQF+9OxYevc8bdn26+ b5EKFwcIeWizGveuuWTkelJ1Pkue23rKefb8jY9PE0LF3y74P9bz7+5vZO0JXHQvl/Lf LafFZw/iV4xJOEHTdzP/MD0fgClmnXKPgAh7kIfsa2pXZgxzpQjU1pcn1ur7wEdQAZ7Z k/GLTTmaGCcsbE7JG+QwUurSkN3+JD8RAKOaC8k0CIQuJkr85l+3sUxiaWV5nUs4NSvX w60A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GysqkzBfoD3q0sDk/uCXfgjLTUDlRaWu+bBXnzGCXqQ=; b=XBwCo5Fkn9yJlsFDShGBweaMfMXwPhIbCmK8xi19Zh6/Z06lONorIN0HN39WIKcelz kZFMtvNMRdQHCR0CJLErZwcmiJbPPpOq/ZPonviMHEdWUu5vpsSZYc/GF2qllWb9nrcp Aai1iN3ulc7GSLawiel0fGi/MVqh4agNBxh2Pr4hD47u33r8hwOXYxMy9GnY0Za7pPX8 doYscxFNqoRwL+yenayiHpk5UBNDKM6ZcYT9UAmjd2QQ7eo+BJhPx6+q7RhLgWy7Ke5b ejTvSxj446HcDjDS22XQHOZfnQid8DhD78lPy4rOfXAtTKKqaQ2CN7aOYJVGEpRDk0GR z0zA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533rmcQtxbfMyVPvtMjSXHdAvkRpwqP9RDKqAAgQproSG1tDcwyt AEeFpJNvn4MpDjP8UqI+c7YatxIiiAk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzkqs/FVMtjIU1RxvYmGcJFU6rGZrypbM72xrC1Pbck35kcL+EdK7y/Z0rRF8RtTpI1Vwi0gg== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:640d:: with SMTP id z13mr13436532wru.28.1603011760087; Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.143] ([170.253.60.68]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b15sm12780351wrm.65.2020.10.18.02.02.38 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] system_data_types.7: time_t: Add Versions note To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" , Paul Eggert Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, Zack Weinberg References: <20201017213758.9270-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <7dc0c08b-ebf8-3d79-75c8-7579f537cd48@cs.ucla.edu> <78f7baf9-bd40-39d5-bbca-403381ec369a@gmail.com> From: Alejandro Colomar Message-ID: <2b275610-95cb-5d40-158e-3b1d9e7adde0@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:02:38 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <78f7baf9-bd40-39d5-bbca-403381ec369a@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 2020-10-18 07:46, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 10/18/20 3:05 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: >> On 10/17/20 2:37 PM, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote: >>> since POSIX.1-2008. >>> +.PP >>> +Prior to POSIX.1-2008, >>> +the type was either an integer type or a real-floating type. >> >> No actual POSIXish implementation ever made it a real-floating type, though, and >> that point should be made lest some conscientious programmer worry about a >> nonexistent porting issue. > > Thanks for catching this, Paul! > > Alex, I suggest either we drop this patch, or you could reword as > something like: > > "In POSIX.1-2001, the type was specified as being either an integer > type or a real-floating type. However, existing implementations > used an integer type, and POSIX.1-2008 tightened the specification > to reflect this." > > Thanks, > > Michael > Thanks, Paul! Michael, I would opt for the simpler: drop the patch. Thanks, Alex