Denis A Ustimenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:59:40PM -0700, Joe Conway wrote:
>> Well, if we were specifying the timeout in microseconds instead of seconds, 
>> it would make sense to have better resolution. But when you can only 
>> specify the timeout in seconds, the internal time comparison doesn't need 
>> to be any more accurate than seconds (IMHO anyway).

> Actually we have the state machine in connectDBComplete() and the timeout is
> set for machine as the whole. Therefore if 1 second timeout is seted for the
> connectDBComplete() the timeout of particualr iteration of loop can be less
> then 1 second. 

However, the code's been restructured so that we don't need to keep
track of the exact time spent in any one iteration.  The error is only
on the overall delay.  I agree with Joe that it's not worth the effort
needed (in the Win32 case) to make the timeout accurate to < 1 sec.

                        regards, tom lane

---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?

http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html

Reply via email to