From bcaca1bf7b9159ba02add2f07ddff74fc872093f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gahr Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 12:23:40 +0000 Subject: Add a note in tcltest manual page to betray false expectations on msec and usec. --- doc/tcltest.n | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/tcltest.n b/doc/tcltest.n index ac8b73b..05c1922 100644 --- a/doc/tcltest.n +++ b/doc/tcltest.n @@ -895,6 +895,12 @@ Print each test's execution time in milliseconds .IP "usec (\fBu\fR)" Print each test's execution time in microseconds .PP +Note that the \fBmsec\fR and \fBusec\fR verbosity levels are provided as +indicative measures only. They do not tackle the problem of repeatibility which +should be considered in performance tests or benchmarks. To use these verbosity +levels to thoroughly track performance degradations, consider wrapping your +test bodies with \fBtime\fR commands. +.PP The single letter abbreviations noted above are also recognized so that .QW "\fBconfigure \-verbose pt\fR" -- cgit v0.12