[zeromq-dev] timeBeginPeriod in ØMQ or OpenPGM?

Martin Sustrik sustrik at 250bpm.com
Mon Nov 1 12:32:11 CET 2010


On 11/01/2010 12:19 PM, Steven McCoy wrote:
> On 1 November 2010 19:11, Martin Sustrik<sustrik at 250bpm.com>  wrote:
>>> timeBeginPeriod adds the dependency Winmm.lib affects all wait
>>> functions and hence adversely affects power saving.
>>
>> Is there any specific advantage in using those is 0MQ?
>
> It affects the accuracy of the wait inside the select event loop,
> whether it is 1ms to 16ms granularity.  In the current ØMQ
> implementation it only affects the PGM transport (by significantly
> increasing jitter) as re-connect handling is using low resolution
> timeout values.

So this is change to OpenPGM library only, right? In such a case, I 
believe it is up to you to decide.

Martin




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