Rearrange check_time()

Remove an ugly workaround for a gcc
warning while there.

No functional change.
Assume UCI 'nodes' is int64_t instead of int

UCI specification is not clear on the size of
integers that are exchanged in the protocol, so
instead of a simple int, assume 'nodes' is a
int64_t because we need a bigger size to store
this value in many real cases, especialy with
very long searches.

No functional change.

Resolves #75
Removing some superfluous extern declarations

No functional change.

Resolves #93