# You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License # or the Artistic License (the same terms as Perl itself) # # (C) Paul Evans, 2006,2007 -- leonerd@leonerd.org.uk package Time::HiRes::Value; use strict; use Carp; use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday ); use POSIX qw( floor ); our $VERSION = '0.05'; # Since we use this number quite a lot, make a constant out of it to avoid # typoes use constant USEC => 1_000_000; =head1 NAME C - a class representing a time value or interval in exact microseconds =head1 DESCRIPTION The C module allows perl to access the system's clock to microsecond accuracy. However, floating point numbers are not suitable for manipulating such time values, as rounding errors creep in to calculations performed on floating-point representations of UNIX time. This class provides a solution to this problem, by storing the seconds and miliseconds in separate integer values, in an array. In this way, the value can remain exact, and no rounding errors result. =cut # Internal helpers sub _split_sec_usec($) { my ( $t ) = @_; my $negative = 0; if( $t =~ s/^-// ) { $negative = 1; } my ( $sec, $usec ); # Try not to use floating point maths because that loses too much precision if( $t =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)$/ ) { $sec = $1; $usec = $2; # Pad out to 6 digits $usec .= "0" x ( 6 - length( $usec ) ); } elsif( $t =~ m/^(\d+)$/ ) { # Plain integer $sec = $1; $usec = 0; } else { croak "Cannot convert string '$t' into a " . __PACKAGE__; } if( $negative ) { if( $usec != 0 ) { $sec = -$sec - 1; $usec = USEC - $usec; } else { $sec = -$sec; } } return [ $sec, $usec ]; } =head1 FUNCTIONS =cut =head2 $time = Time::HiRes::Value->new( $sec, $usec ) This function returns a new instance of a C object. This object is immutable, and represents the time passed in to the C> and C> parameters. If the C> value is provided then the new C object will store the values passed directly, which must both be integers. Negative values are represented in "additive" form; that is, a value of C<-1.5> seconds would be represented by Time::HiRes::Value->new( -2, 500000 ); If the C> value is not provided, then the C> value will be parsed as a decimal string, attempting to match out a decimal point to split seconds and microseconds. This method avoids rounding errors introduced by floating-point maths. =cut sub new { my $class = shift; my ( $sec, $usec ); if( @_ == 2 ) { croak "Cannot accept '$_[0]' for seconds for a " . __PACKAGE__ unless $_[0] =~ m/^[+-]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/; croak "Cannot accept '$_[1]' for microseconds for a " . __PACKAGE__ unless $_[1] =~ m/^[+-]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/; ( $sec, $usec ) = @_; } elsif( @_ == 1 ) { ( $sec, $usec ) = @{ _split_sec_usec( $_[0] ) }; } else { carp "Bad number of elements in \@_"; } # Handle case where $sec is non-integer $usec += USEC * ( $sec - int( $sec ) ); $sec = int( $sec ); # Move overflow from $usec into $sec $sec += floor( $usec / USEC ); $usec %= USEC; my $self = [ $sec, $usec ]; return bless $self, $class; } =head2 $time = Time::HiRes::Value->now() This function returns a new instance of C containing the current system time, as returned by the system's C call. =cut sub now { my $class = shift; my @now = gettimeofday(); return $class->new( @now ); } use overload '""' => \&STRING, '0+' => \&NUMBER, '+' => \&add, '-' => \&sub, '*' => \&mult, '/' => \&div, '<=>' => \&cmp; =head1 OPERATORS Each of the methods here overloads an operator =cut =head2 $self->STRING() =head2 "$self" This method returns a string representation of the time, in the form of a decimal string with 6 decimal places. For example 15.000000 -3.000000 4.235996 A leading C<-> sign will be printed if the stored time is negative, and the C> part will always contain 6 digits. =cut sub STRING { my $self = shift; if( $self->[0] < -1 && $self->[1] != 0 ) { # Fractional below -1.000000 return sprintf( '%d.%06d', $self->[0] + 1, USEC - $self->[1] ); } elsif( $self->[0] == -1 && $self->[1] != 0 ) { # Special case - between -1 and 0 need to handle the sign carefully return sprintf( '-0.%06d', USEC - $self->[1] ); } else { return sprintf( '%d.%06d', $self->[0], $self->[1] ); } } sub NUMBER { my $self = shift; return $self->[0] + ($self->[1] / USEC); } =head2 $self->add( $other ) =head2 $self->sum( $other ) =head2 $self + $other This method returns a new C value, containing the sum of the passed values. If a string is passed, it will be parsed according to the same rules as for the C constructor. Note that C is provided as an alias to C. =cut sub add { my $self = shift; my ( $other ) = @_; if( !ref( $other ) || !$other->isa( __PACKAGE__ ) ) { $other = _split_sec_usec( $other ); } return Time::HiRes::Value->new( $self->[0] + $other->[0], $self->[1] + $other->[1] ); } *sum = \&add; =head2 $self->sub( $other ) =head2 $self->diff( $other ) =head2 $self - $other This method returns a new C value, containing the difference of the passed values. If a string is passed, it will be parsed according to the same rules as for the C constructor. Note that C is provided as an alias to C. =cut sub sub { my $self = shift; my ( $other, $swap ) = @_; if( !ref( $other ) || !$other->isa( __PACKAGE__ ) ) { $other = _split_sec_usec( $other ); } ( $self, $other ) = ( $other, $self ) if( $swap ); return Time::HiRes::Value->new( $self->[0] - $other->[0], $self->[1] - $other->[1] ); } *diff = \⊂ =head2 $self->mult( $other ) =head2 $self * $other This method returns a new C value, containing the product of the passed values. C<$other> must not itself be a C object; it is an error to attempt to multiply two times together. =cut sub mult { my $self = shift; my ( $other ) = @_; if( ref( $other ) and $other->isa( __PACKAGE__ ) ) { croak "Cannot multiply a ".__PACKAGE__." with another"; } return Time::HiRes::Value->new( $self->[0] * $other, $self->[1] * $other ); } =head2 $self->div( $other ) =head2 $self / $other This method returns a new C value, containing the quotient of the passed values. C<$other> must not itself be a C object; it is an error for a time to be used as a divisor. =cut sub div { my $self = shift; my ( $other, $swap ) = @_; croak "Cannot divide a quantity by a ".__PACKAGE__ if $swap; if( ref( $other ) and $other->isa( __PACKAGE__ ) ) { croak "Cannot divide a ".__PACKAGE__." by another"; } croak "Illegal division by zero" if $other == 0; return Time::HiRes::Value->new( $self->[0] / $other, $self->[1] / $other ); } =head2 $self->cmp( $other ) =head2 $self <=> $other This method compares the two passed values, and returns a number that is positive, negative or zero, as per the usual rules for the C<< <=> >> operator. If a string is passed, it will be parsed according to the same rules as for the C constructor. =cut sub cmp { my $self = shift; my ( $other ) = @_; if( !ref( $other ) || !$other->isa( __PACKAGE__ ) ) { $other = _split_sec_usec( $other ); } return $self->[0] <=> $other->[0] || $self->[1] <=> $other->[1]; } 1; __END__ =head1 SEE ALSO =over 4 =item * L - Obtain system timers in resolution greater than 1 second =head1 AUTHOR Paul Evans Eleonerd@leonerd.org.ukE =back