/*
    Copyright (c) 2007-2010 iMatix Corporation

    This file is part of 0MQ.

    0MQ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    0MQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    Lesser GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#ifndef __HELPERS_H_INCLUDED__
#define __HELPERS_H_INCLUDED__

/******************************************************************************/
/*  Helper functions.                                                         */
/******************************************************************************/

/*  Helper functions are used by perf tests so that they don't have to care   */
/*  about minutiae of time-related functions on different OS platforms.       */

/*  Starts the stopwatch. Returns the handle to the watch.                    */
void *stopwatch_start ();

/*  Stops the stopwatch. Returns the number of microseconds elapsed since     */
/*  the stopwatch was started.                                                */
unsigned long stopwatch_stop (void *watch_);

/*  Sleeps for specified number of seconds.                                   */
void perf_sleep (int seconds_);

#endif