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diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi index 7d5cfdaa65..543042acc6 100644 --- a/manual/time.texi +++ b/manual/time.texi @@ -95,11 +95,16 @@ to @code{double}, as in the example above, makes sure that operations such as arithmetic and printing work properly and consistently no matter what the underlying representation is. +Note that the clock can wrap around. On a 32bit system with +@code{CLOCKS_PER_SEC} set to one million a wrap around happens after +around 36 minutes. + @comment time.h @comment ISO @deftypevr Macro int CLOCKS_PER_SEC The value of this macro is the number of clock ticks per second measured -by the @code{clock} function. +by the @code{clock} function. POSIX requires that this value is one +million independend of the actual resolution. @end deftypevr @comment time.h |