GNU bug report logs - #44674
28.0.50; Adding current-cpu-time for performance tests

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Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:08:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #68 received at 44674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#44674: 28.0.50; Adding current-cpu-time for performance tests
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 19:31:47 +0100

Am Mo., 16. Nov. 2020 um 18:17 Uhr schrieb Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
>
> > From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:46:07 +0100
> > Cc: 44674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> >
> > > Btw, once this goes in, how about making benchmark-run use it?
> >
> > benchmark-run measures walltime, not CPU time
>
> It does now, but we may want to change that.

That would be a breaking change.

> Does it really make
> sense to "benchmark" something using elapsed time?

Yes, the benchmarks I know all measure wall time. After all, that's
what the user cares about.
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