C issue 0281: CLOCKS_PER_SEC should not be a constant expression

Issue 0281: CLOCKS_PER_SEC should not be a constant expression

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Authors: Convener, J. Benito (convener)
Date: 2002-06-06
Reference document: ISO/IEC WG14 N982
Submitted against: C99
Status: Fixed
Fixed in: C99 TC2
Converted from: summary-c99.htm, dr_281.htm

Summary

In 7.23.1 Components of time, CLOCKS_PER_SEC is defined as a macro which expands to a constant expression with type clock_t. CLOCKS_PER_SEC need not be a compile time constant expression, but should be a runtime constant. A value that is unchanged during program execution.

Suggested Technical Corrigendum

Comment from WG14 on 2003-03-06:

Technical Corrigendum

In 7.23.1 Components of time, remove the word "constant" in the 2^nd paragraph.