stopwatch.h

/*
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*
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*
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#ifndef STPWATCH_H
#define STPWATCH_H

// for clock() and CLOCKS_PER_SEC
#include <ctime>

namespace TNT
{

  /*  Simple stopwatch object:

  void    start()     : start timing
  double  stop()      : stop timing
  void    reset()     : set elapsed time to 0.0
  double  read()      : read elapsed time (in seconds)

  */

  inline double seconds(void)
  {
    static const double secs_per_tick = 1.0 / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
    return ( (double) clock() ) * secs_per_tick;
  }


  class stopwatch {
  protected:
    int running;
    double last_time;
    double total;

  public:
    stopwatch() : running(0), last_time(0.0), total(0.0) {}
    void reset() { running = 0; last_time = 0.0; total=0.0; }
    void start() { if (!running) { last_time = seconds(); running = 1;}}
    double stop()  { if (running) 
    {
      total += seconds() - last_time; 
      running = 0;
    }
    return total; 
    }
    double read()   {  if (running) 
    {
      total+= seconds() - last_time;
      last_time = seconds();
    }
    return total;
    }       

  };

} // namespace TNT

#endif