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1 /*************************************************************************
2 * *
3 * Open Dynamics Engine, Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Russell L. Smith. *
4 * All rights reserved. Email: russ@q12.org Web: www.q12.org *
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11 * General Public License is included with this library in the *
12 * file LICENSE.TXT. *
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14 * the file LICENSE-BSD.TXT. *
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21 *************************************************************************/
23 #ifndef _ODE_TIMER_H_
24 #define _ODE_TIMER_H_
26 #include <ode/odeconfig.h>
28 #ifdef __cplusplus
29 extern "C" {
30 #endif
33 /* stop watch objects */
35 typedef struct dStopwatch {
36 double time; /* total clock count */
37 unsigned long cc[2]; /* clock count since last `start' */
38 } dStopwatch;
40 ODE_API void dStopwatchReset (dStopwatch *);
41 ODE_API void dStopwatchStart (dStopwatch *);
42 ODE_API void dStopwatchStop (dStopwatch *);
43 ODE_API double dStopwatchTime (dStopwatch *); /* returns total time in secs */
46 /* code timers */
48 ODE_API void dTimerStart (const char *description); /* pass a static string here */
49 ODE_API void dTimerNow (const char *description); /* pass a static string here */
50 ODE_API void dTimerEnd(void);
52 /* print out a timer report. if `average' is nonzero, print out the average
53 * time for each slot (this is only meaningful if the same start-now-end
54 * calls are being made repeatedly.
56 ODE_API void dTimerReport (FILE *fout, int average);
59 /* resolution */
61 /* returns the timer ticks per second implied by the timing hardware or API.
62 * the actual timer resolution may not be this great.
64 ODE_API double dTimerTicksPerSecond(void);
66 /* returns an estimate of the actual timer resolution, in seconds. this may
67 * be greater than 1/ticks_per_second.
69 ODE_API double dTimerResolution(void);
72 #ifdef __cplusplus
74 #endif
76 #endif