Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi
>
> I am using time.clock() to get the current time of the processor in seconds.
> For my application, I need really high resolution but currently seem to be
> limited to 0.01 second. Is there a way to specify the resolution (say 1-10
> microseconds) ?
Not in standard Python.
> My processor is a 1.4 MHz Intel processor.
Mhz? :)
> Surely, it should be able to report times a few (or at least 10)
> microseconds apart.
It's probably architecture and operating system dependent. The
pentium has a timestamp counter that counts clock cycles and the
PowerPC has a similar (but slower) counter. You may need to write a
little C or asm.
Cheers,
mwh
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