Don't let Tcl compilation depend on USE_32BIT_TIME_T any more: Microsoft could discontinue this macro any moment, then we are prepared ....

As a bonus: time_t is now allowed to be 64-bit internally, without effect on the C API (like stub-enabled extensions)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/generic/tclBasic.c b/generic/tclBasic.c
index f59c161..52e0ce5 100644
--- a/generic/tclBasic.c
+++ b/generic/tclBasic.c
@@ -413,19 +413,13 @@ Tcl_CreateInterp(void)
 	Tcl_Panic("Tcl_CallFrame must not be smaller than CallFrame");
     }
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_WIN64) && !defined(_USE_64BIT_TIME_T) \
-	    && !defined(__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT)
-    /* If Tcl is compiled on Win32 using -D_USE_64BIT_TIME_T or
-     * -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT, the result is a binary incompatible
-     * with the 'standard' build of Tcl: All extensions using Tcl_StatBuf
-     * or interal functions like TclpGetDate() need to be recompiled in
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_WIN64) && !defined(_USE_64BIT_TIME_T)
+    /* If Tcl is compiled on Win32 using -D_USE_64BIT_TIME_T
+     * the result is a binary incompatible with the 'standard' build of
+     * Tcl: All extensions using Tcl_StatBuf need to be recompiled in
      * the same way. Therefore, this is not officially supported.
      * In stead, it is recommended to use Win64 or Tcl 9.0 (not released yet)
      */
-    if (sizeof(time_t) != 4) {
-	/*NOTREACHED*/
-	Tcl_Panic("<time.h> is not compatible with MSVC");
-    }
     if ((TclOffset(Tcl_StatBuf,st_atime) != 32)
 	    || (TclOffset(Tcl_StatBuf,st_ctime) != 40)) {
 	/*NOTREACHED*/