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From: nicolas AT jupiter DOT ceng DOT cea DOT fr (Eric NICOLAS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: clock() unit ?
Date: 17 Oct 1995 07:09:22 GMT
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There have been many different answers to my initial question (what is the
real clock() unit, and which constant to use to translate from clock() units
to seconds) thanks.

But, I think the problem is not to be consistent with such or such ANSI
or POSIX specs. For a compiler like GNU wich is often used in replacement of
other commercial compilers, I think it is a goal to be compatible with ALL
the rules (ANSI, POSIX...).

So, in our example, it would be great in DJGPP v2 to have declarations of
_ALL_ the constants :
	CLK_TCK
	CLOCKS_PER_SEC
	... others constants
and to have them _ALL_ equal to the same value.

So, the source code with clock() coming from another compiler will run
correctly once compiled with djgpp.


I'm waiting for reactions to this proposition. I hope dj delorie will hear of it.

Eric.