Re: [Boost-users] Interaction between boost::timer and boost::thread

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Interaction between boost::timer and boost::thread
From: Matthieu Brucher (matthieu.brucher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-08 12:48:24

2010/9/8 vicente.botet <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthieu Brucher" <matthieu.brucher_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Interaction between boost::timer and boost::thread
>
>
>>
>> 2010/9/8 Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa_at_[hidden]>:
>>> 2010/9/8 Matthieu Brucher <matthieu.brucher_at_[hidden]>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a known interaction between these two classes? I'm trying to
>>>> create a simple example, but I can't get boost::timer to count sleep()
>>>> time :|
>>>
>>> Timer uses clock() internally, which counts only CPU time on Linux and total
>>> time on Windows.
>>> Given non-portable nature of Boost.Timer, I would not recommend using it.
>>> Roman Perepelitsa.
>>
>> It's strange that it is available in Boost without this kind of warning!
>> Is there a portable and reliable timer in Boost ?
>
> You can take a look at Boost.Chrono, and Boost.Stopwatches which should be review soon.
>
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/LibrariesUnderConstruction#Boost.Chrono
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/LibrariesUnderConstruction#Boost.Stopwatches

Thanks for the links. I will watch them and if they make it to an
official release, I'll check if they can fulfill my needs. I can't use
them now in production code when they may not be supported in the
future.

Matthieu
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