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@@ -95,11 +95,16 @@ to @code{double}, as in the example above, makes sure that operations
such as arithmetic and printing work properly and consistently no matter
what the underlying representation is.
+Note that the clock can wrap around. On a 32bit system with
+@code{CLOCKS_PER_SEC} set to one million a wrap around happens after
+around 36 minutes.
+
@comment time.h
@comment ISO
@deftypevr Macro int CLOCKS_PER_SEC
The value of this macro is the number of clock ticks per second measured
-by the @code{clock} function.
+by the @code{clock} function. POSIX requires that this value is one
+million independend of the actual resolution.
@end deftypevr
@comment time.h