From: naruse@...
Date: 2014-08-15T16:13:48+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:64393] [ruby-trunk - Feature #10138] [Rejected] Access monotonic counter in Time

Issue #10138 has been updated by Yui NARUSE.

Status changed from Open to Rejected

Aki Tuomi wrote:
> Eric Wong wrote:
> > cmouse@cmouse.fi wrote:
> >  > time-s-monotonic.patch (2.07 KB)
> >  
> >  It might be better to put the OS compatibility code in the existing
> >  Process.clock_gettime implementation
> 
> Not sure. It is not same as clock_gettime, which accepts parameters and such, and it is not clock_gettime across operating systems. 
> 
> Also, the point of this patch is to enable access to uniform monotonic clock, so that you don't need to check for OS, what clock you want etc. Process.clock_gettime is simply method exposure, and I would think most people would not appreciate that on OS/X or Windows it does something completely different.

Process.clock_gettime already have compatibility layer for OS X and Windows.
Therefore Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) is portable

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Feature #10138: Access monotonic counter in Time
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10138#change-48355

* Author: Aki Tuomi
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: core
* Target version: 
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Provide API access to guaranteed monotonic counter on underlying operating system. Supports Windows XP and later, OS/X, any linux with clock_gettime. 

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time-s-monotonic.patch (2.07 KB)


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