time : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b
STRUCTURE
SYNOPSIS
Measure how long a function application takes.
DESCRIPTION
An application time f x starts a clock, applies f to x, and then checks the clock to see how long that took. It prints out the elapsed runtime, garbage collection time, and system time before returning the value of f x.
FAILURE
If f x raises e, then time f x raises e, but still reports elapsed time.
EXAMPLE
- time (int_sort) (for 0 999 I);
runtime: 0.771s,    gctime: 0.121s,     systime: 0.771s.
> val it =
  [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
   21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,
   39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,
   57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,
   75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92,
   93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
   109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123,
   124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,
   139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153,
   154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168,
   169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183,
   184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198,
   199, ...] : int list

- fun f x = f (x + 1);
> val 'a f = fn : int -> 'a

- time f 0;
runtime: 13.787s,    gctime: 0.000s,     systime: 0.035s.
! Uncaught exception:
! Overflow

SEEALSO
HOL  Kananaskis-14