[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: sys/times.h and mingw
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-05-26 9:37:18
Message-ID: 200605261137.18556.thiago () kde ! org
[Download RAW message or body]


Paulo Jorge Guedes wrote:
>It's not a typo, bigread.cpp calls times(). I don't know how much
>times() is used across KDE though, and if we should worry with this for
>Windows. A quick grep shows it's only used from bigread.cpp and
>bigwrite.cpp so I guess we can #ifdef it.

Ok, now I understand what "bigread" means: it's probably throttling its 
read behaviour so as to not clog the CPU. If it detects it's consuming 
too much CPU time, it'll probably yield the processor.

-- 
Thiago Macieira  -  thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
  thiago.macieira (AT) trolltech.com     Trolltech AS
    GPG: 0x6EF45358                   |  Sandakerveien 116,
    E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C          |  NO-0402
    966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358          |  Oslo, Norway

[Attachment #3 (application/pgp-signature)]

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]