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From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn AT connect DOT to>
Subject: clock_t & return -1
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:31:45 +0200
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# ------ man clock (fragments) ------
# NAME
#        `clock'--cumulative processor time
#
#
# SYNOPSIS
#         include <time.h>
#         clock_t clock(void);
#
# RETURNS
#        The amount of processor time used so far by your program, in units
#        defined by the machine-dependent macro `CLOCKS_PER_SEC'.
#        If no measurement is available, the result is `-1'.
#
# -----------------------------------


------ C code : File t.c ------
#include <time.h>
int main()
{
  return (!(clock () == -1));
}
-------------------------------


------ Compilation ------

$ gcc -W -Wall t.c

t.c: In function `main':
t.c:4: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned

-------------------------

So, clock() is unsigned and never returns -1 (?!)

If one must write
  ----------------------------------
  if (!(clock () == (clock_t)(-1)));
  ----------------------------------
  I think it is worth noting that in the manual.


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