From: cmouse@...
Date: 2014-08-15T16:30:02+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:64396] [ruby-trunk - Feature #10138] Access monotonic	counter in Time

Issue #10138 has been updated by Aki Tuomi.


Yui NARUSE wrote:
> 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

So it would indeed seem, although I could not see Win32 listed as supported for CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but this could be just my misunderstanding. Thank you for the fast reply anyways!

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Feature #10138: Access monotonic counter in Time
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10138#change-48358

* 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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