now() calls a function. now would be a direct variable. At the beginning of the current poll, you will find gstate.now = now(). From that point on, gstate.now can be used as a stand in for the function as it really should not change much before the end of the poll loop.
jm7
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> Almost everyplace should be using gstate.now. This is set at the
> beginning
> of the current loop, and it avoids the expense of a system function call,
> and is within few milli seconds of being the same as now(). It also
gives
> all actions in the current loop the same timestamp.
>
> jm7
I'm not familiar with C++ syntax. Am I wrong to smell a rat between now and
now() ?
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