timer.h

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#ifndef TIMER_H
#define TIMER_H

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Christoph Schuette.
 *
 * The license and distribution terms for this file may be
 * found in the file LICENSE in this distribution
 */

#include <sys/time.h>

namespace debug {

    class Timer {
    public:

        Timer() {
            gettimeofday(&m_start, NULL);
        }

        void start() {
            gettimeofday(&m_start, NULL);
        }

        double elapsed() {
            gettimeofday(&m_end, NULL);
            return (m_end.tv_sec + m_end.tv_usec * 1e-6) -
                    (m_start.tv_sec + m_start.tv_usec * 1e-6);
        }
    protected:
        struct timeval m_start, m_end;

    };
}

#endif // TIMER_H