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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">What is the reason enet uses unsigned int
and these time overflow macros in time.h?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I enet would simply use signed int, these
macros would not be needed at all.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For example if we have a time INT_MAX and a
second one INT_MIN , 1ms later, directly after the overflow, INT_MIN-INT_MAX
would result in the correct difference 1 and INT_MAX-INT_MIN in the correct
difference -1. No need for the use of ENET_TIME_DIFFERENCE at all for signed
int.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On the other hand, if we call
ENET_TIME_DIFFERENCE(a, b) with a==1 and b==2, the result is b-a -> 1,
although the correct result would have been -1.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If some functions need unsigned times or
return unsigned times, you could simply them from/to signed int, and all would
be fine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So I do not see any advantage in using
unsigned int and time.h macros instead of simply use signed int. Can you tell
me the reasons for the unsigned + time.h solution?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thx,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Stefan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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