It works for me but, I should mention that the code that was originally submitted didn't work for me; I had similar problems that you had, sometimes sleep(100) takes only 94 milliseconds. I figured that it was something w/ the timer resolution and upped it up to one full second.
Regards, Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: David Jencks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 8:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problems with stopwatch test > > I'm having inconsistent problems with the new geronimo commons > StopWatch test on my slow old powerbook. Perhaps in an attempt to get > on to more important things, apparently sometimes sleep(1000) takes > only 999 milliseconds. > > I'm curious if anyone else observes anything similar and if anyone has > a suggestion about how to work around this. (buying a new computer is > not practical at the moment, unfortunately). I patched the test to > show some instances of this problem. > > Thanks > david jencks
