Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Was there an evolution in format from (HIGH . LOW), via (HIGH LOW), to > (HIGH LOW MICRO)? > > Yes. Both (HIGH LOW) and (HIGH LOW MICRO) are valid now. > It is useful to accept (HIGH . LOW) as well. > > Shall I fix time-less-p and time-subtract to deal with (HIGH LOW > MICRO) arguments as well? > > Yes, please do. > > Should they deal with (HIGH . LOW) too? > > It would not be a bad thing. > > What about the return value of time-subtract (and time-add): should it > be backward compatible in the sense that it returns (HIGH LOW) if both > its arguments are of that format? > > Yes.
Done. Any objections to this patch? Lute. Index: lisp/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.7106 diff -c -r1.7106 ChangeLog *** lisp/ChangeLog 16 Mar 2005 13:21:20 -0000 1.7106 --- lisp/ChangeLog 16 Mar 2005 16:54:07 -0000 *************** *** 1,3 **** --- 1,12 ---- + 2005-03-16 Lute Kamstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + * calendar/time-date.el: Add comment on time value formats. Don't + require parse-time. + (time-to-seconds, time-less-p, time-since, time-subtract) + (time-add, time-to-number-of-days): Deal with all three formats of + time values. + (days-to-time): Return a valid time value when arg is huge. + 2005-03-16 Glenn Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * calendar/diary-lib.el (mark-diary-entries): Use new optional Index: lisp/calendar/time-date.el =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/calendar/time-date.el,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -c -r1.9 time-date.el *** lisp/calendar/time-date.el 4 Sep 2004 13:13:48 -0000 1.9 --- lisp/calendar/time-date.el 16 Mar 2005 16:51:28 -0000 *************** *** 1,5 **** ;;; time-date.el --- date and time handling functions ! ;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ;; Masanobu Umeda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- 1,5 ---- ;;; time-date.el --- date and time handling functions ! ;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ;; Masanobu Umeda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *************** *** 24,32 **** ;;; Commentary: ! ;;; Code: ! (require 'parse-time) (autoload 'timezone-make-date-arpa-standard "timezone") --- 24,41 ---- ;;; Commentary: ! ;; Time values come in three formats. The oldest format is a cons ! ;; cell of the form (HIGH . LOW). This format is obsolete, but still ! ;; supported. The two other formats are the lists (HIGH LOW) and ! ;; (HIGH LOW MICRO). The first two formats specify HIGH * 2^16 + LOW ! ;; seconds; the third format specifies HIGH * 2^16 + LOW + MICRO / ! ;; 1000000 seconds. We should have 0 <= MICRO < 1000000 and 0 <= LOW ! ;; < 2^16. If the time value represents a point in time, then HIGH is ! ;; nonnegative. If the time value is a time difference, then HIGH can ! ;; be negative as well. See `time-subtract' for an example of how to ! ;; deal with these three formats. ! ;;; Code: (autoload 'timezone-make-date-arpa-standard "timezone") *************** *** 49,81 **** (defun time-to-seconds (time) "Convert time value TIME to a floating point number. You can use `float-time' instead." ! (+ (* (car time) 65536.0) ! (cadr time) ! (/ (or (nth 2 time) 0) 1000000.0))) ;;;###autoload (defun seconds-to-time (seconds) "Convert SECONDS (a floating point number) to a time value." ! (list (floor seconds 65536) ! (floor (mod seconds 65536)) (floor (* (- seconds (ffloor seconds)) 1000000)))) ;;;###autoload (defun time-less-p (t1 t2) "Say whether time value T1 is less than time value T2." ! (or (< (car t1) (car t2)) ! (and (= (car t1) (car t2)) ! (< (nth 1 t1) (nth 1 t2))))) ;;;###autoload (defun days-to-time (days) "Convert DAYS into a time value." (let* ((seconds (* 1.0 days 60 60 24)) ! (rest (expt 2 16)) ! (ms (condition-case nil (floor (/ seconds rest)) ! (range-error (expt 2 16))))) ! (list ms (condition-case nil (round (- seconds (* ms rest))) ! (range-error (expt 2 16)))))) ;;;###autoload (defun time-since (time) --- 58,104 ---- (defun time-to-seconds (time) "Convert time value TIME to a floating point number. You can use `float-time' instead." ! (+ (* 1.0 (pop time) #x10000) ! (if (consp time) (pop time) time) ! (/ (if (numberp (car-safe time)) ! (car time) ! 0) ! 1000000.0))) ;;;###autoload (defun seconds-to-time (seconds) "Convert SECONDS (a floating point number) to a time value." ! (list (floor seconds #x10000) ! (floor (mod seconds #x10000)) (floor (* (- seconds (ffloor seconds)) 1000000)))) ;;;###autoload (defun time-less-p (t1 t2) "Say whether time value T1 is less than time value T2." ! (let* ((high1 (pop t1)) ! (low1 (if (consp t1) (pop t1) t1)) ! (micro1 (if (numberp (car-safe t1)) ! (car t1) ! 0)) ! (high2 (pop t2)) ! (low2 (if (consp t2) (pop t2) t2)) ! (micro2 (if (numberp (car-safe t2)) ! (car t2) ! 0))) ! (or (< high1 high2) ! (and (= high1 high2) ! (or (< low1 low2) ! (and (= low1 low2) ! (< micro1 micro2))))))) ;;;###autoload (defun days-to-time (days) "Convert DAYS into a time value." (let* ((seconds (* 1.0 days 60 60 24)) ! (high (condition-case nil (floor (/ seconds #x10000)) ! (range-error most-positive-fixnum)))) ! (list high (condition-case nil (floor (- seconds (* 1.0 high #x10000))) ! (range-error #xffff))))) ;;;###autoload (defun time-since (time) *************** *** 84,94 **** (when (stringp time) ;; Convert date strings to internal time. (setq time (date-to-time time))) ! (let* ((current (current-time)) ! (rest (when (< (nth 1 current) (nth 1 time)) ! (expt 2 16)))) ! (list (- (+ (car current) (if rest -1 0)) (car time)) ! (- (+ (or rest 0) (nth 1 current)) (nth 1 time))))) ;;;###autoload (defalias 'subtract-time 'time-subtract) --- 107,113 ---- (when (stringp time) ;; Convert date strings to internal time. (setq time (date-to-time time))) ! (time-subtract (current-time) time)) ;;;###autoload (defalias 'subtract-time 'time-subtract) *************** *** 97,133 **** (defun time-subtract (t1 t2) "Subtract two time values. Return the difference in the format of a time value." ! (let ((borrow (< (cadr t1) (cadr t2)))) ! (list (- (car t1) (car t2) (if borrow 1 0)) ! (- (+ (if borrow 65536 0) (cadr t1)) (cadr t2))))) ;;;###autoload (defun time-add (t1 t2) "Add two time values. One should represent a time difference." ! (let ((high (car t1)) ! (low (if (consp (cdr t1)) (nth 1 t1) (cdr t1))) ! (micro (if (numberp (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr t1)))) ! (nth 2 t1) ! 0)) ! (high2 (car t2)) ! (low2 (if (consp (cdr t2)) (nth 1 t2) (cdr t2))) ! (micro2 (if (numberp (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr t2)))) ! (nth 2 t2) ! 0))) ! ;; Add ! (setq micro (+ micro micro2)) ! (setq low (+ low low2)) ! (setq high (+ high high2)) ! ! ;; Normalize ! ;; `/' rounds towards zero while `mod' returns a positive number, ! ;; so we can't rely on (= a (+ (* 100 (/ a 100)) (mod a 100))). ! (setq low (+ low (/ micro 1000000) (if (< micro 0) -1 0))) ! (setq micro (mod micro 1000000)) ! (setq high (+ high (/ low 65536) (if (< low 0) -1 0))) ! (setq low (logand low 65535)) ! ! (list high low micro))) ;;;###autoload (defun date-to-day (date) --- 116,169 ---- (defun time-subtract (t1 t2) "Subtract two time values. Return the difference in the format of a time value." ! (let* ((high (- (pop t1) (pop t2))) ! (low (- (if (consp t1) (pop t1) t1) ! (if (consp t2) (pop t2) t2))) ! (micro (- (if (numberp (car-safe t1)) ! (car t1) ! 0) ! (if (numberp (car-safe t2)) ! (car t2) ! 0)))) ! (when (< micro 0) ! (setq low (1- low) ! micro (+ micro 1000000))) ! (when (< low 0) ! (setq high (1- high) ! low (+ low #x10000))) ! (cons high ! (if (or (consp t1) (consp t2)) ! (cons low ! (when (or (numberp (car-safe t1)) ! (numberp (car-safe t2))) ! (list micro))) ! low)))) ;;;###autoload (defun time-add (t1 t2) "Add two time values. One should represent a time difference." ! (let* ((high (+ (pop t1) (pop t2))) ! (low (+ (if (consp t1) (pop t1) t1) ! (if (consp t2) (pop t2) t2))) ! (micro (+ (if (numberp (car-safe t1)) ! (car t1) ! 0) ! (if (numberp (car-safe t2)) ! (car t2) ! 0)))) ! (when (>= micro 1000000) ! (setq low (1+ low) ! micro (- micro 1000000))) ! (when (>= low #x10000) ! (setq high (1+ high) ! low (- low #x10000))) ! (cons high ! (if (or (consp t1) (consp t2)) ! (cons low ! (when (or (numberp (car-safe t1)) ! (numberp (car-safe t2))) ! (list micro))) ! low)))) ;;;###autoload (defun date-to-day (date) *************** *** 180,186 **** (defun time-to-number-of-days (time) "Return the number of days represented by TIME. The number of days will be returned as a floating point number." ! (/ (+ (* 1.0 65536 (car time)) (cadr time)) (* 60 60 24))) ;;;###autoload (defun safe-date-to-time (date) --- 216,222 ---- (defun time-to-number-of-days (time) "Return the number of days represented by TIME. The number of days will be returned as a floating point number." ! (/ (time-to-seconds time) (* 60 60 24))) ;;;###autoload (defun safe-date-to-time (date) _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel