Error compiling timestamp.c in 7.4

Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> writes:

I get the following compiler error messages when doing a make on current CVS:
gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -fpic -I../../../../src/interfaces/ecpg/include -I../../../../src/include/utils -I../../../../src/include -g -c timestamp.c -o timestamp.o
timestamp.c: In function `tm2timestamp':
timestamp.c:71: parse error before `86400000000LL'
timestamp.c:73: parse error before `long'
timestamp.c:76: parse error before `>='
timestamp.c:76: parse error before `<'
make[4]: *** [timestamp.o] Error 1

I stuck a finger into the dike, but I think some people need to
reconsider just how far they want to push "Informix compatibility".
"#define date long" is certain to break and keep breaking our code,
and doubtless a lot of users' code too. I'm not willing to forgo
use of that name for local variables.

regards, tom lane

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 00:38:10 -0400,
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

I stuck a finger into the dike, but I think some people need to
reconsider just how far they want to push "Informix compatibility".
"#define date long" is certain to break and keep breaking our code,
and doubtless a lot of users' code too. I'm not willing to forgo
use of that name for local variables.

Thanks. I was able to get a fresh CVS copy to work.