[ILUG] C compilation error

[kevin lyda]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 09:53:39PM +0000, Nick Murtagh wrote:
> What exactly is localtime() supposed to do? As far as i can tell
> localtime takes a parameter of type time_t. What about 
> 
>   tp = localtime(time());

no, it takes a pointer to a parameter of type time_t.  never knew why -
it makes that call impossible - localtime(time(NULL)) - which is annoying.
but it is a pointer to time_t which is an important distinction.

kevin

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