[fpc-pascal] Very vague gettickcount64 description?

Zoe Peterson zoe at scootersoftware.com
Sun Sep 8 04:40:13 CEST 2019


> From: Martin Frb <lazarus at mfriebe.de>
> But that does not mean, it needs to be changed on existing targets.
> And if it is not going to be changed, then it can be documented.

I agree with everything Martin has said, though IMO GetTickCount must 
return values in ms on every single platform and any that can't should 
have it removed. It's not a precision timer and it should not be an 
intrinsic for whatever random RDTSC-like instruction the current 
platform has. It's used for checking (rough) elapsed times. I honestly 
can't think of a single use for the current function as defined, especially 
in a cross-platform app. Precision and accuracy can vary, but 
unspecified units with no way to query them is ridiculous.

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Zoƫ Peterson
Scooter Software




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