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authorroot <root>2010-10-21 02:46:59 +0000
committerroot <root>2010-10-21 02:46:59 +0000
commit328d1aed652eeddb32448c2899e1ec6c36515df1 (patch)
treeca44cca8796bac19e4af97122cf3487d4bc7e8ee /ev.pod
parented35fe84c2d1d72e35a7fd111834678b030f2023 (diff)
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=item C<double> must hold a time value in seconds with enough accuracy
The type C<double> is used to represent timestamps. It is required to
-have at least 51 bits of mantissa (and 9 bits of exponent), which is good
-enough for at least into the year 4000. This requirement is fulfilled by
-implementations implementing IEEE 754, which is basically all existing
-ones. With IEEE 754 doubles, you get microsecond accuracy until at least
-2200.
+have at least 51 bits of mantissa (and 9 bits of exponent), which is
+good enough for at least into the year 4000 with millisecond accuracy
+(the design goal for libev). This requirement is overfulfilled by
+implementations using IEEE 754, which is basically all existing ones. With
+IEEE 754 doubles, you get microsecond accuracy until at least 2200.
=back