Re: time() and optimization again

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 11:00:05PM +0200, Fredrik (Naranek) Hubinette (Real Build Master) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:

time() was implemented this way *because* of the limited float precision. Basically, you are supposed to do this:

It is limited only by default. Frankly, I see no reason why it is not double precision by default...

int mstime() // Time in milliseconds { int t=time(); float off=time(t); return (off * 1000) + (t * 1000); }

This way I've one extra syscall, and interpeted: three float operations, two function calls and two svalues allocation/deallocation (= subject to gc()).

Not a big deal? Well, then again, I see no reason why default float type is not double precision... :)

Regards, /Al