"Russell Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Johan Nilsson wrote: > > > > Yes, but why not have both on all platforms? > > > > It would make using it cross-platform easier, but you aren't actually > getting microsecond information under windows, so if your program relies > on that detail, it won't work correctly under windows anyway, so you > must make your program work with millisecond times and you could then > just use your millisec_clock on both platforms. > > Basically, I both agree and disagree. I agree from the point of view of > using the library cross-platform, but disagree on the principle that > your using something that promises microsecond detail, but in fact is > only returning millisecond. (in my example anyway, if you could make > the microsecond stuff work from QPC then that would be fine) >
Perhaps, but one should consider that GetSystemTime promises 1ms resolution and delivers 10-15ms (and, IIRC, that GetSystemTimeAsFileTime promises 250ns resolution). // Johan _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
