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authorChristopher Faulet <[email protected]>2010-04-06 22:39:14 +0200
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2010-04-09 14:57:15 +0200
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Add timer:tc/2 to measure the elapsed time of anonymous functions
Works like timer:tc/3 but for anonymous functions.
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
index 0b6807dd6c..3d54047e35 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
@@ -202,18 +202,32 @@
</func>
<func>
<name>tc(Module, Function, Arguments) -> {Time, Value}</name>
- <fsummary>Measure the real time it takes to evaluate <c>apply(Module, Function, Arguments)</c></fsummary>
+ <name>tc(Fun, Arguments) -> {Time, Value}</name>
+ <fsummary>Measure the real time it takes to evaluate <c>apply(Module,
+ Function, Arguments)</c> or <c>apply(Fun, Arguments)</c></fsummary>
<type>
<v>Module = Function = atom()</v>
+ <v>Fun = fun()</v>
<v>Arguments = [term()]</v>
<v>Time = integer() in microseconds</v>
<v>Value = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Module, Function, Arguments)</c> and measures
- the elapsed real time. Returns <c>{Time, Value}</c>, where
- <c>Time</c> is the elapsed real time in <em>microseconds</em>,
- and <c>Value</c> is what is returned from the apply.</p>
+ <p></p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>tc/3</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Module, Function, Arguments)</c> and measures
+ the elapsed real time. Returns <c>{Time, Value}</c>, where
+ <c>Time</c> is the elapsed real time in <em>microseconds</em>,
+ and <c>Value</c> is what is returned from the apply.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>tc/2</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Fun, Arguments)</c>. Otherwise works
+ like <c>tc/3</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
</desc>
</func>
<func>