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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 -------------------------------------------------*/ |