Benchmark::Timer - Benchmarking with statistical confidence Perl extension to benchmark code, with or without statistical confidence. NEW IN THIS VERSION Version 0.7100: Tue Dec 21 2004 - Fixed version numbers, which were incompatible with some modules. MODULE DEPENDENCIES To use this module, you will need to install: - Time::HiRes If you intend on using the statistical features, you will also need to install: - Statistics::PointEstimation. You should be prompted to install these modules automatically when you run "perl Makefile.PL". INSTALLATION To install this package, change to the directory where you unarchived this distribution and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install You can install this package into a non-default location by appending one of the following to the "perl Makefile.PL" command: - "PREFIX=/installation/path" (for installation into a custom location), - "INSTALLDIRS=site" (for installation into site-specific Perl directories) - "INSTALLDIRS=perl" (for installation into standard Perl directories). If you make the installation into your own directory, then remember that you must tell perl where to search for modules before trying to 'use' them. For example: use lib '/home/userid/lib'; use Benchmark::Timer; During the 'make test', the statistical test may take some time to run, depending on how accurate "sleep(1)" is on your system. The normal time is less than 5 seconds. DOCUMENTATION Just "perldoc Benchmark::Timer". After installation on Unix systems, you can also do "man Benchmark::Timer". HOMEPAGE Visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/benchmark-timer/ for the latest version, mailing lists, discussion forums, CVS access, and more. REPORTING BUGS You can report bugs by filing a bug report at the project homepage. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Andrew Ho. Copyright (c) 2004 David Coppit. All rights reserved, save those granted by the license. LICENSE This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file LICENSE included in the distribution. AUTHOR David Coppit (current maintainer) Andrew Ho (original author)