Tom,
> ISTM our realistic options are for seconds or msec as the unit. If it's
> msec, we'd be limited to INT_MAX msec or around 600 hours at the top end,
> which seems like enough to me but maybe somebody thinks differently?
> Seconds are probably OK but I'm worried about somebody complaining that
> that's not enough resolution, especially as machines get faster.
I can picture a 500ms timeout more readily than I can picture a 1000hr
timeout.
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