3.2.2. Time Measurement

MLPro provides an internal timing mechanism that is introduced by class property Timer. This class uses the built-in python package, namely datetime, to deal with the time management system. This class also has a simple lap management, in which each time the maximum number of laps C_LAP_LIMIT is reached, then the lap counter restarts to 0. Timer class can be accessed as follows:

from mlpro.bf.various import Timer
The time measurement can cover two different modes, such as:

  • C_MODE_REAL : real-time mode

  • C_MODE_VIRTUAL : virtual time mode

The following are the functionalities of the timer:

  • reset : to reset timer

  • get_time : to get the actual time

  • get_lap_time : to get the actual lap time

  • get_lap_id : to get an id of an actual lap

  • add_time : to add actual time, which is specifically for virtual mode

  • finish_lap : to end the current lap

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