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[Bug libc/13080] clock() is unusable on 32-bit targets due to wrong type for clock_t


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13080

Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2011-08-29 18:43:24 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> This issue is easily fixed by changing the definition of clock_t on 32-bit
> targets to unsigned long, and doing so should not result in any API or ABI
> breakage.

Of course to breaks compatibility.  All C++ interfaces with clock_t parameters
are affected.  And there is no reason to fear the underflows since it works
fine on all supported platforms.

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