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1 //  boost timer.hpp header file  ---------------------------------------------//
2 
3 //  Copyright Beman Dawes 1994-99.  Distributed under the Boost
4 //  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
5 //  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
6 
7 //  See http://www.boost.org/libs/timer for documentation.
8 
9 //  Revision History
10 //  01 Apr 01  Modified to use new <boost/limits.hpp> header. (JMaddock)
11 //  12 Jan 01  Change to inline implementation to allow use without library
12 //             builds. See docs for more rationale. (Beman Dawes)
13 //  25 Sep 99  elapsed_max() and elapsed_min() added (John Maddock)
14 //  16 Jul 99  Second beta
15 //   6 Jul 99  Initial boost version
16 
17 #ifndef BOOST_TIMER_HPP
18 #define BOOST_TIMER_HPP
19 
20 #include <boost/config/header_deprecated.hpp>
21 BOOST_HEADER_DEPRECATED( "the facilities in <boost/timer/timer.hpp>" )
22 
23 #include <boost/config.hpp>
24 #include <ctime>
25 #include <boost/limits.hpp>
26 
27 # ifdef BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE
28     namespace std { using ::clock_t; using ::clock; }
29 # endif
30 
31 
32 namespace boost {
33 
34 //  timer  -------------------------------------------------------------------//
35 
36 //  A timer object measures elapsed time.
37 
38 //  It is recommended that implementations measure wall clock rather than CPU
39 //  time since the intended use is performance measurement on systems where
40 //  total elapsed time is more important than just process or CPU time.
41 
42 //  Warnings: The maximum measurable elapsed time may well be only 596.5+ hours
43 //  due to implementation limitations.  The accuracy of timings depends on the
44 //  accuracy of timing information provided by the underlying platform, and
45 //  this varies a great deal from platform to platform.
46 
47 class timer
48 {
49  public:
timer()50          timer() { _start_time = std::clock(); } // postcondition: elapsed()==0
51 //         timer( const timer& src );      // post: elapsed()==src.elapsed()
52 //        ~timer(){}
53 //  timer& operator=( const timer& src );  // post: elapsed()==src.elapsed()
restart()54   void   restart() { _start_time = std::clock(); } // post: elapsed()==0
elapsed() const55   double elapsed() const                  // return elapsed time in seconds
56     { return  double(std::clock() - _start_time) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC; }
57 
elapsed_max() const58   double elapsed_max() const   // return estimated maximum value for elapsed()
59   // Portability warning: elapsed_max() may return too high a value on systems
60   // where std::clock_t overflows or resets at surprising values.
61   {
62     return (double((std::numeric_limits<std::clock_t>::max)())
63        - double(_start_time)) / double(CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
64   }
65 
elapsed_min() const66   double elapsed_min() const            // return minimum value for elapsed()
67    { return double(1)/double(CLOCKS_PER_SEC); }
68 
69  private:
70   std::clock_t _start_time;
71 }; // timer
72 
73 } // namespace boost
74 
75 #endif  // BOOST_TIMER_HPP
76