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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to James Kuyper   
   Re: printf and time_t   
   06 Jan 26 00:30:53   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 07:37:07 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-05 05:32, David Brown wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> Does being a "real type" imply that "time_t" is always an alias for   
   >> a standard integer type or standard floating point type?   
   >   
   > No, real types include integer types, which in turn includes the   
   > signed and unsigned integer types (6.2.5p22). The signed integer   
   > types include the extended signed integer types (6.2.5p6), and the   
   > unsigned integer types include the extended unsigned integer types   
   > (6.2.5p8).   
      
   They could have said “numeric types” to avoid confusion with the   
   mathematical usage ...   
      
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