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patch for higher-resolution time stamps

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Cc: 9000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9000: patch for higher-resolution time stamps
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:42:26 +0300

> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:09:26 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 9000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:57:31 -0700
> > From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> > CC: 9000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > On 06/23/2012 03:48 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > >   dispnew.c:5960: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
> > > ...
> > > I think any host with a signed 32-bit time_t will see this warning.
> > 
> > I don't observe the problem on either Fedora 15 or Ubuntu 12.04
> > compiled for x86 (these used signed 32-bit time_t).  I tried both
> > gcc 4.6.3 and gcc 4.7.1 (which is the latest stable version).
> > 
> > If memory serves, warnings like that occur only with older GCCs and
> > are harmless, and the GCC folks fixed the bogus warnings after the
> > gnulib folks complained about them.  Maybe time to upgrade your GCC?
> 
> No, I don't want to upgrade my GCC because of this.  Is it possible to
> fix the cause of the warning instead?

Never mind, I fixed that myself.

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