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author | root <root> | 2010-10-21 02:46:59 +0000 |
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committer | root <root> | 2010-10-21 02:46:59 +0000 |
commit | 328d1aed652eeddb32448c2899e1ec6c36515df1 (patch) | |
tree | ca44cca8796bac19e4af97122cf3487d4bc7e8ee /ev.pod | |
parent | ed35fe84c2d1d72e35a7fd111834678b030f2023 (diff) |
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@@ -4639,11 +4639,11 @@ watchers. =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 |