Modern Chrono Stopwatch IsHighResolution

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IsHighResolution

Returns true if the platform counter is finer than the system tick.

Syntax

Stopwatch.IsHighResolution( ) as boolean

Notes

• TRUE on every current desktop platform; it is FALSE only where the OS has no better clock than the system tick.
• When it is FALSE, a measurement below roughly 15 ms is noise rather than a number.
• A static, and constant for the life of the process.

Examples

#import "std/chrono"
using chrono

print Stopwatch.IsHighResolution( )           '' true on a modern machine

'' When this is FALSE, anything under ~15 ms is noise rather than a
'' measurement
if Stopwatch.IsHighResolution( ) = false then print "coarse clock"
print "checked"

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