asctime.c

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Andrew Brown said:
>> This can be tested at compile time: add to "struct dummy" a number of
>> fields of the form:
>> 
>>     int assert_size_spec_big_enough_for_char
>>         [MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1 - sizeof (char)];
>>     int assert_size_spec_big_enough_for_short
>>         [MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1 - sizeof (short)];
>>     int assert_size_spec_big_enough_for_int
>>         [MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1 - sizeof (int)];
> 
> if you're going to do that, at least make it
> 
>     typedef int assert_size_spec_big_enough_for_char
>         [MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1 - sizeof (char)];
>     typedef int assert_size_spec_big_enough_for_short
>         [MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1 - sizeof (short)];
>     typedef int assert_size_spec_big_enough_for_int
>         [MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1 - sizeof (int)];
> 
> so that the compiler can barf if it wants to, but there's no impact on
> the generated code.

That's better, but the code Paul pointed me at already has a structure
containing these fields, which is why I did it that way. Paul should change
his code in the same way.

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