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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:22:18 +0100
From: Lapo Luchini <lapo AT lapo DOT it>
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Subject: Re: gettimeofday() does not returns usec resolution
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> As long as the calibration only occurs when someone is using
> gettimeofday, not on every cygwin1.dll load, then that sounds fine to
> me.

I wouldn't call it "calibration" is just a quick call to the old
gettimeofday() and, yes, it's done only on the first call (the value is
retanied in a static variable)... so maybe you have 1-2 usec lost on the
first call.

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