Re: AIX check in datetime.h

Wow, that is strange. We could remove it for 8.2 and see how testing goes.

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Joachim Wieland wrote:
> Can someone please explain why in include/utils/datetime.h (struct datetkn)
> there is a check for _AIX that either initializes a char* pointer or a char
> array? Is there any advantage of a char-array except for warnings of some
> compilers if the initilization string is too long?
>
> Apart from that I doubt that AIX cannot handle token[TOKMAXLEN] because
> similar declarations can be found in other headers without the _AIX check.
>
> The struct definition is more than 9 years old and seems to show up first in
> Attic/dt.h.
>
>
> #define TOKMAXLEN 10 /* only this many chars are stored in
> * datetktbl */
>
> /* keep this struct small; it gets used a lot */
> typedef struct
> {
> #if defined(_AIX)
> char *token;
> #else
> char token[TOKMAXLEN];
> #endif /* _AIX */
> char type;
> char value; /* this may be unsigned, alas */
> } datetkn;
>
>
> Joachim
>
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