Can the first argument be CPU-based like in perl5 please?

[Tux]

As I test on many different systems ranging from 240 MHz to 4.2 GHz, using a count isn't quite useful, so I generally op for the negative value in perl5 which makes it CPU seconds

my %results = timethese(-1.5, { ... });

Type check failed in binding $count; expected 'Int' but got 'Rat'
in sub timethese at lib/Benchmark.pm6:21

[perlpilot]

Sure .... however, the Perl 5 version of Benchmark relies on the "times" function to calculate CPU seconds which currently does not have an analog in Rakudo that I know about. I'll see what I can do about it.

[azawawi]

Seems like we have it now https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2017-11-04#i_15401962 👍

[lizmat]

Actually, Telemetry is so much more than that. If we want to support the basic P5 functionality, then we should have enough with nqp::getrusage. We probably want to expose that more easily than Telemetry does.

[lizmat]

I've now exposed basic CPU usage information with Kernel.cpu-usage (in microseconds)