docs: do not use Instant::now in #[init]

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Jorge Aparicio 2020-01-21 22:23:20 +01:00
parent 6b0a2df41c
commit b04103f6df
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@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const APP: () = {
cx.core.DWT.enable_cycle_counter();
// semantically, the monotonic timer is frozen at time "zero" during `init`
// NOTE do *not* call `Instant::now` in this context; it will return a nonsense value
let now = cx.start; // the start time of the system
hprintln!("init @ {:?}", now).unwrap();

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@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ pub struct Instant {
impl Instant {
/// Returns an instant corresponding to "now"
///
/// *HEADS UP* this function can, and will, return nonsensical values if called within `init`.
/// Only use it in `idle` and tasks. In `init`, use the `init::Context.start` field, or the
/// `CYCCNT::zero` function, instead of this function
pub fn now() -> Self {
Instant {
inner: DWT::get_cycle_count() as i32,