Re: [boost] Re: Re: Latest version of the profiler

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-17 21:05:55

At 03:08 PM 2/10/2005, christopher diggins wrote:

 >> The thing is that boost::timer is not good enough for many non-trivial
 >> profiling tasks (and it was discussed here on ML many times). Overflow 
is
 >> one of the major issues for example. So without larger time type you
 >> couldn't get around it's deficiencies.
 >
 >It is not a bad idea then to update the timer resolution. However, I find
 >it strange that the expectations on the Profiler library would be greater
 >than those placed on the Boost.Timer library.

Jeff Garland and I have discussed replacing the Boost.Timer library by 
adding a new timer component in the date-time library. The Boost.Timer 
design isn't how we would tackle the problem today. There is or was a 
wiki-page discussing some of the issues, but I'm not finding it at the 
moment.

--Beman