timer.h

/*************************************************************************
 *                                                                       *
 * Open Dynamics Engine, Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Russell L. Smith.       *
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#ifndef _ODE_TIMER_H_
#define _ODE_TIMER_H_

#include <ode/config.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif


/* stop watch objects */

typedef struct dStopwatch {
  double time;       /* total clock count */
  unsigned long cc[2];     /* clock count since last `start' */
} dStopwatch;

ODE_API void dStopwatchReset (dStopwatch *);
ODE_API void dStopwatchStart (dStopwatch *);
ODE_API void dStopwatchStop  (dStopwatch *);
ODE_API double dStopwatchTime (dStopwatch *);   /* returns total time in secs */


/* code timers */

ODE_API void dTimerStart (const char *description);   /* pass a static string here */
ODE_API void dTimerNow (const char *description);  /* pass a static string here */
ODE_API void dTimerEnd(void);

/* print out a timer report. if `average' is nonzero, print out the average
 * time for each slot (this is only meaningful if the same start-now-end
 * calls are being made repeatedly.
 */
ODE_API void dTimerReport (FILE *fout, int average);


/* resolution */

/* returns the timer ticks per second implied by the timing hardware or API.
 * the actual timer resolution may not be this great.
 */
ODE_API double dTimerTicksPerSecond(void);

/* returns an estimate of the actual timer resolution, in seconds. this may
 * be greater than 1/ticks_per_second.
 */
ODE_API double dTimerResolution(void);


#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif

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