From 328d1aed652eeddb32448c2899e1ec6c36515df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:46:59 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- ev.pod | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'ev.pod') diff --git a/ev.pod b/ev.pod index 2f405b5..11e4d65 100644 --- a/ev.pod +++ b/ev.pod @@ -4639,11 +4639,11 @@ watchers. =item C must hold a time value in seconds with enough accuracy The type C 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 -- cgit v1.2.3