Poul-Henning Kamp said: >>>> ISO C doesn't define the type, format, or meaning of time_t - it can even >>>> be floating point or (IIRC) a structure.
>> Okay (I didn't have the standard in front of me). That still allows >> floating point. > > And that wouldn't matter, the objective is to make a random number. But what would matter is that time_t on my machine and yours might be completely different. On yours it might be a floating point version of the POSIX value, while on mine it might be Julian date, using fractions to represent the time of day. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, cl...@davros.org | it will get its revenge. http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
