[ccan] [PATCH] timesince: Add module

[Rusty Russell]

David Gibson <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au> writes:
> This patch adds a new "timesince" module.  This builds on the 'time'
> module, making it easy to measure time intervals from a set starting
> point.  It uses the monotonic clock when possible, so it won't be broken
> by concurrent changes to the system time.

Hi David,

        I like the idea, but I find this line particularly confusing:

> + *		start = timesince_start();

Because my brain parses that as "var = time since start".

Perhaps it's the name timesince?  timediff?  timemeasure?

But maybe I'm overthinking it...

Cheers,
Rusty.