Alternatively, maybe just not worry about it, since 2**53 microseconds isn't hit until 2255. I hope to not be using Node then :-)
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Micheil Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, you could do something like [seconds, microseconds], such that you > could have precision on your values. > > – Micheil > > On 05/03/2012, at 2:32 PM, Dean Landolt wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 13:37, Bert Belder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Creating an addon that provides an uv_hrtime() binding would be a good > > > cross-platform solution for this. > > > > I don't mind adding a `process.hrtime()` function, it would be useful > > for benchmarks. The problem is that uv_hrtime() returns a 64 bits > > unsigned integer, while JS numbers only have 53 bits of precision. > > > > > > But a tuple of 2 JS numbers has 106. This wouldn't be the prettiest API > but it would get the job done. > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
