From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rob Browning Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: get-internal-real-time using times() Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:51:02 -0500 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87oexpqu3t.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> References: <87d6ein7fl.fsf@zip.com.au> <87ekylu7va.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <87wucdin8q.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063421624 6353 80.91.224.253 (13 Sep 2003 02:53:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 02:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 13 04:53:42 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19y0Xe-0005yt-01 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 04:53:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19y0XY-0003zy-Lq for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:36 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19y0XE-0003w3-7E for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19y0XB-0003t1-1r for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 19y0X2-0003pn-CN for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.93.216.237] (helo=defaultvalue.org) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19y0V7-0005xh-75 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.i.defaultvalue.org (raven.i.defaultvalue.org [192.168.1.7]) by defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDEB93F65 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:51:02 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by raven.i.defaultvalue.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A1D85810F1; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:51:02 -0500 (CDT) Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87wucdin8q.fsf@zip.com.au> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:46:29 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2789 Kevin Ryde writes: > I guess that's possible, though I might think it unlikely anyone who > understands the distinction would assume a function called `real-time' > in fact gives wall time. Hmm. I don't know. Maybe I'm daft, but I could see myself at least wondering, -- i.e. "perhaps real-time == time in the real-world", though as you mention... > If the system time doesn't change too often then I guess there's not > much difference. But I can't help thinking that it's not good for a > function called real-time to go backwards or suddenly jump forwards. Hmm. You mean because of timezones/leap-foo, etc.? If so, good point. I'd say we need better docs, better functions, or both, and either way, a good NEWS entry. -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG starting 2002-11-03 = 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel