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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
commitd6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch)
treeece253b876159b39c620e62b6c9b1174642e070e /lib/libc/time/difftime.c
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+/* $NetBSD: difftime.c,v 1.2 1995/03/09 23:41:15 jtc Exp $ */
+
+#ifndef lint
+#ifndef NOID
+static char elsieid[] = "@(#)difftime.c 7.5";
+#endif /* !defined NOID */
+#endif /* !defined lint */
+
+/*LINTLIBRARY*/
+
+#include "private.h"
+
+/*
+** Algorithm courtesy Paul Eggert (eggert@twinsun.com).
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE
+#define long_double long double
+#endif /* defined HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE */
+#ifndef HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE
+#define long_double double
+#endif /* !defined HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE */
+
+double
+difftime(time1, time0)
+const time_t time1;
+const time_t time0;
+{
+ time_t delta;
+ time_t hibit;
+
+ if (sizeof(time_t) < sizeof(double))
+ return (double) time1 - (double) time0;
+ if (sizeof(time_t) < sizeof(long_double))
+ return (long_double) time1 - (long_double) time0;
+ if (time1 < time0)
+ return -difftime(time0, time1);
+ /*
+ ** As much as possible, avoid loss of precision
+ ** by computing the difference before converting to double.
+ */
+ delta = time1 - time0;
+ if (delta >= 0)
+ return delta;
+ /*
+ ** Repair delta overflow.
+ */
+ hibit = 1;
+ while ((hibit <<= 1) > 0)
+ continue;
+ /*
+ ** The following expression rounds twice, which means
+ ** the result may not be the closest to the true answer.
+ ** For example, suppose time_t is 64-bit signed int,
+ ** long_double is IEEE 754 double with default rounding,
+ ** time1 = 9223372036854775807 and time0 = -1536.
+ ** Then the true difference is 9223372036854777343,
+ ** which rounds to 9223372036854777856
+ ** with a total error of 513.
+ ** But delta overflows to -9223372036854774273,
+ ** which rounds to -9223372036854774784, and correcting
+ ** this by subtracting 2 * (long_double) hibit
+ ** (i.e. by adding 2**64 = 18446744073709551616)
+ ** yields 9223372036854776832, which
+ ** rounds to 9223372036854775808
+ ** with a total error of 1535 instead.
+ ** This problem occurs only with very large differences.
+ ** It's too painful to fix this portably.
+ ** We are not alone in this problem;
+ ** many C compilers round twice when converting
+ ** large unsigned types to small floating types,
+ ** so if time_t is unsigned the "return delta" above
+ ** has the same double-rounding problem.
+ */
+ return delta - 2 * (long_double) hibit;
+}