[webkit-dev] RFC: stop using std::chrono, go back to using doubles for time

Geoffrey Garen ggaren at apple.com
Mon May 23 12:50:54 PDT 2016


>> Can we go with “WallClock” and “MonotonicClock” instead of “WallTime” and “MonotonicTime"? Clock is a nice clear noun. Also, time is an illusion caused by parallax in the astral plane.
> 
> I think time is the right term. "3pm" is a "time", not a "clock". Also 42 seconds since monotonic epoch is a monotonic time, not a monotonic clock. 

Hmmm… I think I read your original proposal wrong.

Sure, Seconds, MonotonicTime and WallTime are all times.

Geoff


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