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author | William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu> | 2018-12-25 17:48:54 (GMT) |
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committer | William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu> | 2018-12-25 17:48:54 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/tcl8.6/doc/time.n b/tcl8.6/doc/time.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35b41c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/tcl8.6/doc/time.n @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH time n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +time \- Time the execution of a script +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBtime \fIscript\fR ?\fIcount\fR? +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +This command will call the Tcl interpreter \fIcount\fR +times to evaluate \fIscript\fR (or once if \fIcount\fR is not +specified). It will then return a string of the form +.PP +.CS +\fB503.2 microseconds per iteration\fR +.CE +.PP +which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, +in microseconds. +Time is measured in elapsed time, not CPU time. +.SH EXAMPLE +Estimate how long it takes for a simple Tcl \fBfor\fR loop to count to +a thousand: +.PP +.CS +time { + for {set i 0} {$i<1000} {incr i} { + # empty body + } +} +.CE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +clock(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +script, time +.\" Local Variables: +.\" mode: nroff +.\" End: |