rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-bindgen
Support time_t
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Description
bindgen currently has no knowledge of libc::time_t, and will thus produce this on Darwin, for example:
pub type __darwin_time_t = libc::c_long;
pub type time_t = __darwin_time_t;
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Research direction
The issue only identifies bindgen's handling of libc::time_t and shows the Darwin output; no source file or test is named. Start by tracing how bindgen represents and emits C type aliases on Darwin, then determine the expected generated binding for time_t. Done means the supported representation is generated correctly and covered by an appropriate test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100