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1 | /* -*-c++-*- |
2 | * | |
3 | * Return the largest allowable time_t value | |
4 | * | |
5 | * (c) 2016 Mark Wooding | |
6 | */ | |
7 | ||
8 | /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* | |
9 | * | |
10 | * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
11 | * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
12 | * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or | |
13 | * (at your option) any later version. | |
14 | * | |
15 | * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
16 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
17 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
18 | * GNU General Public License for more details. | |
19 | * | |
20 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
21 | * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, | |
22 | * Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. | |
23 | */ | |
24 | ||
25 | /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/ | |
26 | ||
27 | #include <ctime> | |
28 | #include <limits> | |
29 | ||
30 | #include "timemax.h" | |
31 | ||
32 | using namespace std; | |
33 | ||
34 | /*----- Main code ---------------------------------------------------------*/ | |
35 | ||
36 | /* --- @timemax@ --- * | |
37 | * | |
38 | * Arguments: --- | |
39 | * | |
40 | * Returns: The largest value repesentable in an object of type @time_t@. | |
41 | * | |
42 | * Use: For some stupid reason there isn't a @TIME_MAX@ anywhere, and | |
43 | * it's really hard to discover the right value in C. But it's | |
44 | * quite easy in C++, so that's what we do. | |
45 | */ | |
46 | ||
47 | time_t timemax() { return numeric_limits<time_t>::max(); } | |
48 | ||
49 | /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/ |