Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> *sigh*
> my local (linux) man for gettimeofday says this:
> struct timeval {
> time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
> suseconds_t tv_usec; /* microseconds */
> };
Yeah, but mine (HPUX) says that tv_sec is "unsigned long". I suspect
that on Darwin the types disagree as to signedness.
> We could do what you say, or could we just cast it?
If they really were different types (as in different widths) then
casting the pointer would be a highly Wrong Thing. I think copying
to a local is safer, even if it does waste a cycle or two.
regards, tom lane