Thread: sleep() problem when Time Hits Midnight

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    Unhappy sleep() problem when Time Hits Midnight

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    Hi all,
    
    I want to make my application to sleep for a second so i have implemented it with
    static void
    sleep(int iSecs)
    {
    	int iCount=0;
    	unsigned long int t=clock()+(1000L*iSecs);
    	while(clock()<t)
                          ;
     }
    which is working fine. The problem comes when  the Time hits to 11:59:58 PM
    the clock() reduces to 0 n mean while t has reached maximum value as a result this while loop is going too long n making my program halt for more than 30 min.
    How do i come out from this problem? Is ther any subsitute solution for sleep() which supports with 16 bit compiler

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    > which supports with 16 bit compiler
    Which one?

    I'm going to guess you also have a delay() function somewhere which could be used in place of that while loop you have.
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    Question sleep() Problem when time Hits midnight

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    i have tried with it but the compiler is not Supporting that...
    
    it has undefined i have used dos.h header also.....
    
    
    then i tried breaking the loop for so much of count
    while(clock()<t)
        {
    		iCount++;
    		if(iCount>15000)
    			break;
    }
    
    Its working fine now. But can i consider this solution as a standard programming solution?

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    Since you refuse to say which compiler you're using, so you can get a better answer, I guess we're done.
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    Ironically, in most operating systems your sleep function will do anything but let the processor sleep. To the contrary it will make the processor busier and hotter than ever.

    It will however block execution for the required length of time in most cases.

    can i consider this solution as a standard programming solution?
    No, quite the opposite actually.
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