[fpc-pascal] Very vague gettickcount64 description?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2019, Paulo Costa wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While consulting the online reference about gettickcount 
> https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/gettickcount64.html
> I could not know anything about the units involved.
>
> It says "It is useful for time measurements, but no assumtions should be 
> made as to the interval between the ticks."
>
> I understand that in some cases the measure may deviate from the real 
> value but perhaps, at least the units, should be stated.

As a physicist by education, normally I'd agree with you about units, 
but not in this case.

In this case I will not put it because it can/will depend on the system.

You should only use it for relative measurements, in that case the unit does
not matter.

Michael.