Resumes a timer that has previously been stopped with
g_timer_stop(). g_timer_stop() must be called before using this
function.
Destroys a timer, freeing associated resources.
If timer has been started but not stopped, obtains the time since
the timer was started. If timer has been stopped, obtains the
elapsed time between the time it was started and the time it was
stopped. The return value is the number of seconds elapsed,
including any fractional part. The microseconds out parameter is
essentially useless.
return location for the fractional part of seconds elapsed, in microseconds (that is, the total number of microseconds elapsed, modulo 1000000), or null
seconds elapsed as a floating point value, including any fractional part.
Exposes whether the timer is currently active.
true if the timer is running, false otherwise
This function is useless; it's fine to call g_timer_start() on an
already-started timer to reset the start time, so g_timer_reset()
serves no purpose.
Marks a start time, so that future calls to g_timer_elapsed() will
report the time since g_timer_start() was called. g_timer_new()
automatically marks the start time, so no need to call
g_timer_start() immediately after creating the timer.
Marks an end time, so calls to g_timer_elapsed() will return the
difference between this end time and the start time.
GLib.Timer records a start time, and counts microseconds elapsed since that time.
This is done somewhat differently on different platforms, and can be tricky to get exactly right, so GLib.Timer provides a portable/convenient interface.