Re: [boost] timer.cpp

From: Jens Maurer (jmaurer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-04-06 15:01:06

John Maddock wrote:
> I've been hacking at your timer.cpp implementation slightly to add support
> for high performance counters under Win32, this has two effects:  the timer
> resolution is reduced to micro-second level, and the timer::max_elapsed()
> increases to about 2000 years - which should just about suffice for most
> people :-)

Note that the current timer.cpp measures CPU time which is different
from wall clock time.  For timer.hpp, I think measuring CPU time is
quite useful.

Jens Maurer.