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Re: current-time in a loop
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Anselm Helbig |
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Re: current-time in a loop |
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Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:46:39 +0100 |
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hi pt!
At 8 Dec 2005 06:01:18 -0800,
PT wrote:
>
> current-time returns a list (HIGH LOW MICROSEC)
>
> If I run it from a loop and leave it running for a few seconds only the
> last element is incremented according to the output in the Messages
> buffer:
>
> (while t
> (princ (current-time))
> (princ "\n"))
>
>
> (17304 15330 601809)
> (17304 15330 601836)
> (17304 15330 601863)
> (17304 15330 601889)
> (17304 15330 601916)
>
>
> Why is that?
that's because emacs is so blindingly fast. 8;-) do a
(while t
(princ (current-time))
(sit-for 1)
(princ "\n"))
and you will see the seconds incrementing. i guess, the printing takes
more time than the loop, and the output is buffered in a way...
regards,
anselm