time: add Nano() int64 method to syscall.Timeval

[hanwen]

on weekly.2011-12-02.

The new time package is awesome.  Just a small feature request: the time package could
have a function to convert syscall.Timeval to time.Duration.

[rsc]

Comment 1:

Labels changed: added priority-later, removed priority-medium.

[rsc]

Comment 2:

Labels changed: added priority-go1.

[davecheney]

Comment 3:

Hello, 
Please take a look at http://golang.org/cl/5489071

[rsc]

Comment 4:

It would be fine to add a Unix() (seconds, nano int64) method to the
Timeval struct directly.  Then you can write
time.Unix(tv.Unix())

[robpike]

Comment 5:

Status changed to Retracted.

[rsc]

Comment 6:

I do think we should make the Timevals easier to use.
The Unix method can be passed to time.Unix and is nicer
than the current syscall.TimevalToNsec or whatever it is
called.

Status changed to Accepted.

[robpike]

Comment 7:

Timespec too, presumably.

[rsc]

Comment 8:

sgtm

[robpike]

Comment 9:

Owner changed to builder@golang.org.

[bradfitz]

Comment 10:

http://golang.org/cl/5554057/

Owner changed to @bradfitz.

Status changed to Started.

[bradfitz]

Comment 11:

This issue was closed by revision 7d418ae.

Status changed to Fixed.

[hanwen]

Comment 12:

time.Unix(tv.Unix()) works for Time objects, but it doesn't work well if the timeval
represents a duration. Any suggestions for that?

[rsc]

Comment 13:

Forgot that Timevals can represent durations too.  Sigh.

Owner changed to builder@golang.org.

Status changed to Accepted.

[rsc]

Comment 14:

This issue was closed by revision 32f011e.

Status changed to Fixed.