On 2024-05-02 11:31, Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
On 2024-05-02 01:10, Jonathan Wakely via tz wrote:
I mean glibc code such as: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=time/tzfile.c;h=41475399643... The comment says it's finding the offsets, but it seems to be finding the abbreviations for the first two transitions, storing them in the __tzname array.
That code is present for a different reason. It's trying to support obsolescent (but POSIX-required) variables like tzname, which in general make no sense when TZif files are used. (The next POSIX draft tries to fix this, but it's messed up, and I haven't had time to interact with the POSIX committee to clean things up.)
It looks like comments on drafts offered have been minimal, and voting appears to be imminent, so you may wish to respond soon, or defer to TC1. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry