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Article #10122Re: QueryPerformanceCounter(LARGE_INTEGER *lpPerformanceCount) API
From: Leo Havm�ller
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 08:38
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 08:38
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"Leigh Milne" <lmilne@adelaide.on.net> wrote in message news:40A85DEB.1030204@adelaide.on.net... > Why does this API function place the value of the counter into a > variable which must be signed? > > Surely this counter can't have a valid negative value? I agreee. It should be unsigned. This is a severe problem, because if you have a PC with a 4 GHz CPU, the high bit will be set when it has run continously for 68 years ;-) Leo Havm�ller.
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