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authornormal <normal@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2018-08-27 08:48:49 +0000
committernormal <normal@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2018-08-27 08:48:49 +0000
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hrtime.h: add note explaining current use of uint64_t [ci skip]
[ruby-core:88678] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@64554 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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/*
* Hi-res monotonic clock. It is currently nsec resolution, which has over
- * 500 years of range (unsigned).
+ * 500 years of range (with an unsigned 64-bit integer). Developers
+ * targeting small systems may try 32-bit and low-resolution (milliseconds).
*
* TBD: Is nsec even necessary? usec resolution seems enough for userspace
* and it'll be suitable for use with devices lasting over 500,000 years