[tz] suggestions for potential code improvements?

[Paul Eggert]

Kees Dekker wrote:

> Both date.c, zdump.c, zic.c contain a number of static functions where the declaration differs from the implementation. This applies to:
> Date.c:	wildinput(), oops(), display(), timeout(), iffy().
> Zdump.c: yeartot()
> Zic.c:	dolink(),itsdir(),inrule(),inzone(),inzcont().

Thanks, should be fixed in the attached proposed patch (installed on Github).

> I also found that Visual Studio is the compiler that reports (line numbers corrected to match with your sources):
>
> 1>w:\logic\tz\zdump.c(970): error C4295: 'wday_name' : array is too small to include a terminating null character
> 1>w:\logic\tz\zdump.c(974): error C4295: 'mon_name' : array is too small to include a terminating null character

As mentioned earlier there is no bug there. the compiler is merely complaining 
about style, and pacifying the compiler will require making the code a little 
larger at run-time; so let's leave the code alone.

> Some other remarks of the previous email (like gmtime_r() does not exist on Windows, and regarding conversion errors from size_t to int) also exist in the previously mentioned 3 source files, but I first like to know your thoughts regarding the mail below before I will provide additional feedback.

For warnings about implicit conversions I wouldn't worry unless there is a real 
bug.  I don't see why MS-Windows' lack of support for gmtime_r is a problem: 
tzcode supplies its own gmtime_r implementation and this implementation should work.
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