timestamp overflows sprinter interface

[Peter Wang]

On Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:40:49 -0400, David Bremner <david at tethera.net> wrote:
> Peter Wang <novalazy at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On a system where time_t is 64-bit and 'int' is a signed 32-bit integer
> > type, timestamps beyond some time in 2038 will be serialised to a
> > negative value.
> 
> I admire your forward thinking!

Nah, someone reported an issue with my mail client when viewing a
message dated 09 Dec 2058.

> 
> >
> > The simplest solution appears to be to change the type in the sprinter
> > method to int64_t:
> >
> >     void (*integer)(struct sprinter *, int64_t);
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> 
> Since this is an internal API, I don't really see a big problem with
> doing this.

I've sent a patch.

Peter