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From: jay@isis.UUCP (Jay Batson)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: time(2 or 3)
Message-ID: <840@isis.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Jun-86 11:51:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: isis.840
Posted: Tue Jun 17 11:51:45 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Jun-86 07:53:35 EDT
References: <337@lll-lcc.UUcp> <798@isis.UUCP> <2021@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jay@isis.UUCP (Jay Batson)
Organization: University of Denver Math and Computer Science
Lines: 39
Summary: Yes, I admit - I have egg on my face.

In article <2021@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@maryland.UUCP (Chris Torek) shows
how in article <798@isis.UUCP> jay@isis.UUCP (Jay Batson) I was wrong
with the following statement (among other comments):
>>	/* ok, first get ahold of the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970 */
>>	somevar1 = time(0);
>
>       Specifically, time() is a function returning long, taking
>a _pointer_ to long...;
>Change to:
>	...
>	somevar1 = time((long *) 0);

Yes, I do feel like a total idiot, and do feel soundly trounced.  Of course
Chris is right;  I just ':r some_prog_of_mine' that _worked_(!), and failed to
exercise the cardinal rule - don't give advice until you _verify_ what
you are saying with the _newest_ manual.  Henceforth, I vow to get "A's" instead
of "B's" in class, and never make another mistake again.  Ever.  In my life.
And then some.  (You get the point).

Of course, it helps my case a bit that _my_ manual (albiet an old V7)
has the following in time(2):  (honest)

	long time(0)          <<<< this is what I recommended.

	long time(tloc)       <<<< this is what Chris recommended
	long *tloc;

	#... (more stuff)


Thanks for clearing up the "error" Chris.

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"OK, so now, after it gets dark Lancelot and I will jump out of the rabbit, and
 take the castle by supr........ oh."

Jay Batson
{seismo,hplabs}!hao!isis!jay