Source code for buildtest.utils.timer

import time



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class TimerError(Exception):
    """A custom exception used to report errors in use of Timer class"""




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class Timer:
    def __init__(self):
        self._start_time = None
        self._duration = 0


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    def start(self):
        """Start a new timer"""
        if self._start_time is not None:
            raise TimerError("Timer is running. Use .stop() to stop it")

        self._start_time = time.perf_counter()



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    def stop(self):
        """Stop the timer, and report the elapsed time"""
        if self._start_time is None:
            raise TimerError("Timer is not running. Use .start() to start it")

        self._duration += time.perf_counter() - self._start_time
        self._start_time = None

        # return elapsed_time


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    def duration(self):
        return round(self._duration, 3)