Paul Eggert wrote: > > Isn't unsigned long 32 bits on x86_64 Windows? > > It's also narrower than time_t on some other platforms, e.g., GNU/Linux > x86 when compiled with -D_TIME_BITS=64 (the default if Gnulib's year2038 > module is used).
It's safe until the end of the century. That's good enough. (Version control will have a very different shape by 2100 than it has today.) > >> && endptr == line + strlen (line)) > > Shorter and faster would be "&& !*endptr)". Indeed. But compared to a subprocess invocation, the speed of a string operation doesn't matter. Thanks for the feedback. Bruno
