On 18 April 2016 at 10:57, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 18 April 2016 at 10:18, lh_mouse wrote:
>>> I don't see why it has to be a struct, it just has to be suitable as
>>> an argument to the relevant __gthread functions.
>>
>> The type __gthread_time_t is referenced in
>> gcc/libstdc++-v3/include/std/mutex:157
>> __gthread_time_t __ts = {
>> static_cast<std::time_t>(__s.time_since_epoch().count()),
>> static_cast<long>(__ns.count())
>> };
>> This definition uses a braced-init-list that has two elements and is
>> unsuitable for scalar types.
>
> Yes I know.
>
> What I meant is that there's no fundamental reason it needs to be a
> struct. That code could be changed.
However, that code in <mutex> is only needed for timed mutexes, and I
thought you said that wouldn't be supported.
There is code using __gthread_time_t in <condition_variable> that
needs to work even if timed mutexes are not supported.
