patch to correct assess to c headers

[Clinton Chee]

Dear Octave maintainers,

This is a second patch needed to work on IRIX MIPSpro compilers 7.4 
onwards.
I have also tested this with our Linux cluster based on Oscar-RedHat 
with GCC compilers and it worked.

I am attaching a patch for octave 2.1.57, just untar the file to get the 
diff'ed contents and the ChangeLog.

Detail: This patch does NOT address the issue of missing c++ headers  ( 
among them are ctime ) which arises with MIPSpro7.3. The issue with 
MIPS7.3 require individual users to obtain c++ header files (grab them 
off another system or write them yourself).
As of MIPS7.4, the c++ header issue is SOLVED. However, there is one 
file, src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/getrusage.cc, which needs to explicitly include 
the "ctime" header, then declare the use of std namespace before it can 
be compiled. This patch addresses this issue.

Although 2.1.57 work without the patch on Linux systems, I believe this 
patch will make 2.1.57 more robust. Also, from a C++ programming point 
of view, isn't it written or taught somewhere that it is good/safe 
practice to use the std namespace ?



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Clinton Chee
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