Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC

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From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject	Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC
Date	Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:07:47 -0700
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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> CLOCKS_PER_SEC determines how the result of the clock() function is 
>> interpreted.
>>
>> But it seems to be defined as macro in time.h.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to determine that value when calling clock() as foreign 
>> function from another language? I want to avoid OS-specific functions 
>> unless they are available on both Windows and Linux.
>>
>> (At the moment, CLOCKS_PER_SEC seems to be usually 1000 on Windows and 
>> 1000000 on Linux. I suppose I could detect abnormally large values of 
>> clock() and infer it that way, but I think there will be some overlap in 
>> the set of valid results.)
>
> Write a C function that returns the value of the macro, and call that
> function from the foreign language.  Depending on your build system, you
> can probably do this at configuration time rather than at run time.

Or perhaps write a small C program that prints the value of
CLOCKS_PER_SEC, and compile it and capture its output during your
build process.

This assumes the build is done on the target system, which might not
always be the case.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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Thread

CLOCKS_PER_SEC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-13 14:49 +0100
  Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-13 08:57 -0700
    Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-13 09:07 -0700
      Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-13 23:18 +0100
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-13 23:30 +0100
          Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-13 16:27 -0700
            Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-10-16 10:02 +0000
              Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-16 11:32 -0700
    Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> - 2016-10-13 12:19 -0400
      Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-13 11:29 -0700
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> - 2016-10-13 14:39 -0400
          Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-13 12:03 -0700
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-10-14 07:47 -0700
  Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2016-10-14 16:21 +0300
    Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-14 08:41 -0700
      Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2016-10-14 18:56 +0300
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-10-14 09:49 -0700
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-10-14 11:14 -0700
          Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-10-14 11:32 -0700
      Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-14 11:56 -0400
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2016-10-14 19:53 +0300
          Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-10-14 09:57 -0700
          Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-14 18:18 +0100
        Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-10-16 02:55 -0700

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