Re: New time-related function for Perl

[Anonymous Monk]

in reply to New time-related function for Perl

What exactly does this do? If time() returns the number of seconds since the epoch, then 0 would be 0 seconds since the epoch and you can use the normal time functions with time 0 to figure out all the information you need about the epoch, so what exactly does epochtime do?

[tye]

+PP(pp_epochtime) 
+{
+  dSP;
+  EXTEND(SP, 1);
+  PUSHs(sv_2mortal(newSViv(0)));
+  RETURN;
+}

Yes, this just returns 0. It appears to be an April Fool's joke that many (including the producers of "This week on p5p") didn't get (probably because it wasn't funny).

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

[chipmunk]

Well, I thought it was funny, especially because the patch included updates to the documentation and the test suite!

A joke doesn't have to be obvious to be funny.

[Dominus]

Says tye:

many (including the producers of "This week on p5p") didn't get

Simon did indeed get it. Don't give yourself so much credit.