On 07/09/2019 8:42 pm, Zoe Peterson wrote: > GetTickCount and GetTickCount64 are Windows API functions that are > explicitly documented as returning milliseconds,
I have to agree with you. If FPC keeps basing its implementation and API's on Win32 or Delphi, then it should adhere to their documentation and expected results. If FPC can't guarantee millisecond accuracy on all platforms, mark the API with the "platform" modifier and document that it is only for Windows or platform XYZ etc. The inconsistencies of GetTickCount() has forced me to use EpikTimer or alternatives for many years which gives more reliable results and predictable units of measure. If FPC really wants timing API's, then implement true cross-platform API's for timing with documented units and such. eg: Java has System.nanoTime() and System.currentTimeMillis(). With such API's there is no guesswork as to what the user expects when calling them, and it's 100% cross-platform. Regards, Graeme -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/graeme-pgp _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
