Re: current-time-list now defaults to nil in Emacs master

> > The better alternative (beside adjust the code so it works with the new
> > format) is to insert a call to `time-convert`, as suggested in the
> > `current-time` docstring.
> 
> Some comments for the (my own) record
> I spotted a difference (in "legacy code"),
[...]
> (setq current-time-list nil)
> 
> (setq $a "Fri Aug 14 12:51:33 2026 +0530")
> (let ((current-time-list t)) (encode-time (parse-time-string $a)))
> ; (27262 49661)
> 
> (time-convert (encode-time (parse-time-string $a)) 'list)
> ;(27262 49661 0 0)

Interesting.  Paul, IIRC this is your code.  Is the discrepancy on purpose?

> though it probably makes no
> difference to code which didnt check for endp cddr

Indeed.

> Another possible point of tripping is the interpretation of FORM in
> time-convert vs the interpretetaion of FORM in decode-time and
> parse-time-string

That's a long-standing problem, indeed, and I think the (TICKS . HZ)
we get with the new default value helps reduce this confusion.


=== Stefan