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/*
 *  libc_utils is being developed at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik
 *  and financially supported by the Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt
 *  (DLR).
 */

/*! \file walltime_c.h
 *  Functionality for reading wall clock time
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2010 Max-Planck-Society
 *  \author Martin Reinecke
 */

#ifndef PLANCK_WALLTIME_C_H
#define PLANCK_WALLTIME_C_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/*! Returns an approximation of the current wall time (in seconds).
    The first available of the following timers will be used:
    <ul>
    <li> \a omp_get_wtime(), if OpenMP is available
    <li> \a MPI_Wtime(), if MPI is available
    <li> \a gettimeofday() otherwise
    </ul>
    \note Only useful for measuring time differences.
    \note This function has an execution time between 10 and 100 nanoseconds. */
double wallTime(void);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif