pike.git/ src/ builtin_functions.c

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2017-11-01

2017-11-01 13:50:36 by Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>

time: Clarify and correct documentation.

3207:    *! This function returns the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC, 1 Jan 1970.    *!    *! The second syntax does not query the system for the current -  *! time. Instead the latest done by the pike process is returned -  *! again. That's slightly faster but can be wildly inaccurate. Pike +  *! time, instead the last time value used by the pike process is returned +  *! again. It avoids a system call, and thus is slightly faster, +  *! but can be wildly inaccurate. Pike    *! queries the time internally when a thread has waited for    *! something, typically in @[sleep] or in a backend (see    *! @[Pike.Backend]).    *! -  *! The third syntax can be used to measure time more preciely than one -  *! second. It return how many seconds has passed since @[t]. The precision +  *! The third syntax can be used to measure time more precisely than one +  *! second. It returns how many seconds have passed since @[t]. The precision    *! of this function varies from system to system.    *!    *! @seealso