[Boost-users] boost::posix::time_duration

From: Michael Thurston (michaelt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-02 07:48:13

 [boost][date_time]

 

Hi there,

 

I have a question about the boost::posix::time_duration class.  It has
accessors such as:

 

-          hours()

-          minutes()

 

that return a data type of long.  I would have expected it to return a
datatype of boost::int64_t (or boost::int32_t) because could there be a
risk that the return value would cause an overflow on an 8 bit embedded
platform.

 

Regards,

Michael