Subject: bug#77535: timeout treats very short durations as `0`

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:45:22 +0100

On 07/04/2025 09:23, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2025-04-05 12:41, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> +Note it's best to avoid combining suffixes with hexadecimal arguments,
>> +as any @samp{d} will @emph{not} be interpreted as a suffix.
> 
> But 'd' is interpreted as a suffix with hexadecimal arguments that have
> an exponent. For example, 'sleep 0x1p0d' sleeps for 1 day. (Also, "Note"
> isn't needed.) Perhaps change to:
> 
> A hexadecimal number can precede a @samp{d} suffix only if the number
> has a @samp{p} style exponent, e.g., @samp{0x1p0d} means one day.

Cool,

It's better to document a workaround than a restriction.
I pushed the above adjustment in your name.

cheers,
Pádraig