-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 22/02/12 17:40, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM, David Sommerseth > <openvpn.l...@topphemmelig.net> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 22/02/12 17:27, Heiko Hund wrote: >>> On Wednesday 22 February 2012 16:12:24 Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >>>> In windows there is own implementation of gettimeofday(). In >>>> the past there was no gettimeofday(), so we used performance >>>> counters, then James optimize it to reduce CPU consumption. >>>> >>>> Unlike in the past, mingw does provide this function these days. >>>> The question is if it is good enough. >>> >>> Since there's no gettimeofday() in MSVC this will break building >>> with the python build system. Not sure if we're in the process of >>> getting rid of it, which I would welcome, so this is just for >>> additional information. >> >> That's a valid point ... But it makes me think. What about to put >> James' old code in compat.[ch] for platforms without gettimeofday. >> Would that be an appropriate middle-road? >> >> I too would like to see MSVC go away. Very much. But again, let's >> not decide that without James approval for it. > > Again, There is nothing written about not supporting the proprietary > gettimeofday implementation in MSVC. What exactly is the problem? You > compile on *NIX you get system gettimeofday. You compile on mingw you > get library gettimeofday. You compile on msvc you get own > implementation. > > Wasn't I clear?
Sorry, I saw your reply to Heiko too late. That response was more than clear enough. Disregard my comment, my single-threaded workflow doesn't scale too well :) kind regards, David Sommerseth -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9FHFkACgkQDC186MBRfro+IQCgpRzrvNnW7VguHtMaO+E86COq euoAoIkgx4tS5GJszE2ZZG9zHfTnREuL =bnqZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
