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64-bit time_t?


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Is the transition to 1.7 a good time to change the ABI and offer a 64-bit
time_t type that won't overflow in 2038?  Would we have to do the same
sort of transition magic as was done back in 1.5 for 32-bit vs. 64-bit off_t?

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Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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