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 Simple timer functions.

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 Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, 2007 Manuel Lopez-Ibanez
 TeX: \copyright 2005, 2006, 2007 Manuel L{\'o}pez-Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez

 This program is free software (software libre); you can redistribute
 it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 License, or (at your option) any later version.

 This program 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 GNU
 General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 or by writing to:
           Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
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#ifndef TIMER_H_
#define TIMER_H_

#include <float.h>

#define HUGE_TIME      FLT_MAX

typedef enum type_timer {REAL_TIME, VIRTUAL_TIME} TIMER_TYPE;

void Timer_start(void);
double Timer_elapsed_virtual(void);
double Timer_elapsed_real(void);
double Timer_elapsed(TIMER_TYPE type);
void Timer_stop(void);
void Timer_continue(void);

#endif // TIMER_H_