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Re: encode-time vs decode-time
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: encode-time vs decode-time |
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Sat, 17 Aug 2019 13:46:17 -0700 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> The POSIX tradition is to call these timestamps "broken-down time",
> and that is what glibc calls them too. How about if we use that name
> instead? It would help to be more consistent with other GNU code.
"Broken-down time" sounds OK to me, although there may be some
confusion: Some may assume that it's a faulty time or something.
And when we get to the accessor names, it perhaps gets even more
potentially confusing:
(broken-down-seconds time)
(broken-down-zone time)
Hm... Perhaps not ideal?
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- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, (continued)
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/08/06
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/06
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Stefan Monnier, 2019/08/06
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/08/07
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/11
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/07
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <=
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Stefan Monnier, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/17
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Stefan Monnier, 2019/08/19
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Adam Porter, 2019/08/21
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/21
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Adam Porter, 2019/08/26
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Paul Eggert, 2019/08/26
- Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/08/07
Re: encode-time vs decode-time, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/07