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authorKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2020-10-07 07:28:43 -0700
committerKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2020-10-07 07:28:43 -0700
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New function: time-nsec.
* configure: Test for clock_gettime, generating HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME symbol in config.h. * time.c (time_sec_nsec): New function. (time_init): time-nsec intrinsic registered. * time.h (time_sec_nsec): Declared. * txr.1: Documented.
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@@ -55976,10 +55976,11 @@ parameter, which defaults to the value of
.codn *random-state* .
.SS* Time
-.coNP Functions @ time and @ time-usec
+.coNP Functions @, time @ time-usec and @ time-nsec
.synb
.mets (time)
.mets (time-usec)
+.mets (time-nsec)
.syne
.desc
The
@@ -55998,6 +55999,20 @@ field holds the seconds measured in the same way, and whose
field extends the precision by giving
number of microseconds as an integer value between 0 and 999999.
+The
+.code time-nsec
+function is similar to
+.code time-usec
+except that the returned cons cell's
+.code cdr
+field gives a number of nanoseconds as an integer value
+between 0 and 999999999.
+
+Note: on hosts where obtaining nanosecond precision is not available, the
+.code time-nsec
+function obtains a microseconds value instead, and multiplies
+it by 1000.
+
.coNP Functions @ time-string-local and @ time-string-utc
.synb
.mets (time-string-local < time << format )