31 Jan
2005
31 Jan
'05
4:12 a.m.
In article
It would be nice if the interface was such that it didn't matter to the user. Couldn't it be an opaque type? And does the resolution have to be standardized? Standardizing on picoseconds is probably safe, but I think it would be better to be able to query about the underlying clock resolution, instead of getting a long sequence of non-significant digits.
Bear in mind that the time type might be used for time calculations unrelated to the system clock. Whether or not we hide the constructor, I think its internal resolution and general behaviour ought to be known and platform-independent. -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA