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| From | raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] |
| Date | 2017-04-22 21:20 +0000 |
| Organization | Go wash your mouth. |
| Message-ID | <58fbc876.47759078@news.xs4all.nl> (permalink) |
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"James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> wrote: > On 04/17/2017 12:06 PM, Ken Brody wrote: > > Looking at N1256 (yes, I know it's not the latest, but it's the latest I > > have on this computer), section 6.10.8 says this about __DATE__: > > > > "If the date of translation is not available, an implementation-defined > > valid date shall be supplied." > > > > A similar statement is made about __TIME__. > > > > Without a detailed explanation of what "is not available" means, you could > > easily say that "using compiler flag X will cause the compiler to behave as > > if the date and time are not available" is still conforming. > > Yes, it would be trivial to support such a flag - but if the date and > time are in fact available, and the compiler is just pretending > otherwise, providing any other date and time value renders it > non-conforming, despite that pretense. > > By analogy: if you and I have a formal written agreement that I will pay > you a specified amount of money to fix my windows, then if I pretend > that I can't see that your repairs are complete, and therefore refuse to > pay you, I'm still in violation of our agreement, despite that pretense. On the other hand, if I have a Moroccan restaurant and one of my dishes is a tajine with chicken, dates, tomatoes and ras el hanout; and you order that tajine but say "hold the dates, please"; then I am not in contravention of any Trading Standards Act if I serve it to you without. Analogies, I'm afraid, make good illustrations but bad rules. Richard
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How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] MehdiAmini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2017-04-13 14:44 +0430
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-04-13 05:28 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] MehdiAmini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2017-04-14 12:55 +0430
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-14 08:50 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-14 13:42 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-14 14:26 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-17 16:26 +0200
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 10:52 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-17 20:00 +0200
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 08:08 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-17 20:04 +0200
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2017-04-15 07:50 +0430
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-15 15:05 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-17 11:42 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-17 08:55 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 11:57 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-04-13 13:09 +0000
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] jadill33@gmail.com - 2017-04-13 06:27 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-15 08:56 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-15 15:01 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-16 11:44 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-16 13:45 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-17 12:14 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-17 12:06 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 09:25 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 12:45 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 12:02 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 15:23 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> - 2017-04-18 13:27 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-18 14:23 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-18 12:10 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-04-22 21:20 +0000
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-22 22:45 -0400
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-17 11:30 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 12:30 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-04-22 21:24 +0000
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-27 13:33 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-27 13:26 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] gordonb.5zr1e@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-04-14 13:35 -0500
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-14 12:17 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] gordonb.k4gmo@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-04-16 00:04 -0500
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-16 11:04 +0200
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-16 11:52 -0700
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-04-22 21:28 +0000
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-04-18 21:34 -0600
Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 08:09 -0700
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