Re: time_t always an integer?

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

Okay, thanks. I'll make some safety code around there, using sizeof 
(time_t) and sizeof(int).

-asko


Mike Pall kirjoitti 11.1.2006 kello 18.46:

> Hi,
>
> Asko Kauppi wrote:
> > Lua 5.1 beta still uses "pushNumber" in the os.time() function, but
> > as far as I know, any 'time_t' is always an integer, albeit the
> > interpretation of that value may differ. Is this right?
>
> time_t is always an integral value, but not necessarily an 'int'
> and not necessarily 32 bits. It's an int64 on many (but not all)
> 64 bit systems (but int is still 32 bits there!). Even some 32 bit
> systems have switched to int64 (e.g. MSVC8) and others will follow.
>
> > If so, the return of os.time() should imho use "pushInteger()" [...]
>
> Nope. This would truncate time_t to an int. See above.
>
> Bye,
>      Mike