Stop using "Int" for microsecond delays in "base"
Liyang HU
haskell.org at liyang.hu
Fri Apr 8 03:23:05 CEST 2011
Paul Johnson <paul <at> cogito.org.uk> writes:
> The "base" library has the "threadDelay" primitive, which takes an Int
> argument in microseconds.
I always end up with a wrapper around it, taking a NominalDiffTime; I could
never be sure whether threadDelay interpreted its argument as
milli-/micro-/nano-seconds without looking it up.
For lack of Data.Time in base, how about Data.Fixed.Pico?
Cheers,
/Liyang
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