Timer

GTimer records a start time, and counts microseconds elapsed since that time. This is done somewhat differently on different platforms, and can be tricky to get exactly right, so GTimer provides a portable/convenient interface.

class Timer {

protected

GTimer* gTimer;

GTimer* getTimerStruct();

void* getStruct();

this(GTimer* gTimer);

double elapsed(gulong microseconds);

void reset();

void destroy();

}

Constructors

this this(GTimer* gTimer): Sets our main struct and passes it to the parent class
this this(): Creates a new timer, and starts timing (i.e. g_timer_start() is implicitly called for you).

Destructor

~this ~this(): Undocumented in source.

Members

Functions

continu void continu(): Resumes a timer that has previously been stopped with g_timer_stop(). g_timer_stop() must be called before using this function. Since 2.4
destroy void destroy(): Destroys a timer, freeing associated resources.
elapsed double elapsed(gulong microseconds): If timer has been started but not stopped, obtains the time since the timer was started. If timer has been stopped, obtains the elapsed time between the time it was started and the time it was stopped. The return value is the number of seconds elapsed, including any fractional part. The microseconds out parameter is essentially useless.
getStruct void* getStruct(): the main Gtk struct as a void*
getTimerStruct GTimer* getTimerStruct(): Get the main Gtk struct
reset void reset(): This function is useless; it's fine to call g_timer_start() on an already-started timer to reset the start time, so g_timer_reset() serves no purpose.
start void start(): Marks a start time, so that future calls to g_timer_elapsed() will report the time since g_timer_start() was called. g_timer_new() automatically marks the start time, so no need to call g_timer_start() immediately after creating the timer.
stop void stop(): Marks an end time, so calls to g_timer_elapsed() will return the difference between this end time and the start time.

Variables

gTimer GTimer* gTimer;: the main Gtk struct