Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

On 08.06.2012 18:41, Andrew Johnson wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Earlier I wrote:
>> We weren't discussing your C++ epicsTimer API at all, please don't confuse
>>  the issue.
> Hmm, I may have been wrong about that, my apologies.  *Some* of this 
> discussion was about epicsThreadSleep(), but looking back at Ralph's original 
> message maybe he *was* discussing your C++ class?  Ralph, can you clarify this 
> please.
>
> For anyone who doesn't realize this, the C++ epicsTimer class calls 
> epicsThreadSleep() and can be used to implement a periodically-processed 
> callback.  The IOC database does not use this code at all, but I don't know if 
> StreamDevice does or not.

StreamDevice uses the C++ timer class.
The C++ timer class subtracts half a quantum, then calls
epicsThreadSleep() with the result.

~Ralph

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Re: epicsTimer and rounding Kasemir, Kay

RE: epicsTimer and rounding Hill, Jeff

Re: epicsTimer and rounding Andrew Johnson

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