sys/time.h
/*
* Structure returned by gettimeofday(2) system call,
* and used in other calls.
*/
struct timeval {
long tv_sec; /* seconds */
long tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
};
/*
* Structure defined by POSIX.1b to be like a timeval.
*/
struct timespec {
time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
long tv_nsec; /* and nanoseconds */
};
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Constantine A. Murenin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30/07/2008, Michael Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> CVSROOT: /cvs
>> Module name: src
>> Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/07/30 13:41:32
>>
>> Modified files:
>> share/man/man9 : timeout.9
>>
>> Log message:
>> In the .Fn entries for timeout_add_usec/nsec, don't call the parameter
>> ``sec''. Instead, use usec/nsec.
>>
>> Agreed with/no opposition from blambert.
>
> Shouldn't these functions be named timeout_add_{s,us,ns}? The SI unit
> for second is s, microsecond/nanosecond is us/ns, and these are widely
> used in other tools like traceroute and systat sensors display. Why
> deviate with non-standard half-abbreviations?
>
> br,
> cnst.su.
>
>
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