Anthony Ettinger wrote: > > I'm not trying to benchmark, just gather some real-world data in my tools. > > Basically, I set $start_time = time();, subtract out time waiting during > user input, and take the difference of $end_time = time(); > > Whether this is a good way of gather the data is beyond the question...I'm > curious if there's a way to trigger a pause/unpause routine automatically > from my library when <STDIN> is used.
You may just want to use the times() function: perldoc -f times It returns the time the CPU uses so it won't include the time waiting for IO. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
