0001997: os.clock not continuous

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0001997	Spring engine	General	public	2010-07-23 21:33	2010-07-23 23:02

Reporter	SirMaverick	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	0.81.2+git

Summary	0001997: os.clock not continuous
Description	os.clock() = 2147.3200683594, next second: -2147.4272460938 Overflow?
Additional Information	widget output: os.clock error, 2147.3200683594, -2147.4272460938
Tags	No tags attached.
Attached Files	~~test_ostime.lua~~ (Attachment missing)

Checked infolog.txt for Errors

Kloot 2010-07-23 23:01 developer ~0005147 Last edited: 2010-07-23 23:01	static int os_clock(lua_State *L) { lua_pushnumber(L, ((lua_Number)clock()) / (lua_Number)CLOCKS_PER_SEC); return 1; } 1) lua_Number is a float 2) clock() "returns the number of clock ticks elapsed since the program was launched" (in a variable of type clock_t, which on most systems is just an int32 or long32) 3) CLOCKS_PER_SEC is a constant, usually 1000000 Therefore the fact that it overflows after 2147 seconds (2.147 billion ticks) is expected behavior.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-07-23 21:33	SirMaverick	New Issue
2010-07-23 21:33	SirMaverick	File Added: test_ostime.lua
2010-07-23 23:01	Kloot	Note Added: 0005147
2010-07-23 23:01	Kloot	Note Edited: 0005147
2010-07-23 23:02	Kloot	Status	new => closed
2010-07-23 23:02	Kloot	Resolution	open => no change required