Copy boost::timer to tests since the original is deprecated and giving errors.

We're not using Boost.Timer v2 components to avoid linking tests with its
separately compiled binary. The legacy boost::timer is fine for the test
purposes.

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # NOTE: CMake support for Boost.Parameter is currently experimental at best
 #       and the interface is likely to change in the future
 
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
 # TODO: Also process literate tests
 file(GLOB test_files *.cpp)
 

test/Jamfile.v2

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ project boost/parameter
     :
         default-build
         <warnings>off
+        <include>.
     ;
 
 alias parameter_standard_tests

test/efficiency.cpp

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <boost/parameter/name.hpp>
 #include <boost/config/workaround.hpp>
-#include <boost/timer.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
+#include "timer.hpp"
 
 namespace test {
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace test {
         test::hammer<Accumulator>(x, repeats);
 
         // Now start a timer.
-        boost::timer time;
+        test::timer time;
         test::hammer<Accumulator>(x, repeats);  // This time, we'll measure.
         return time.elapsed();
     }
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int main()
     {
         repeats *= 10;
 
-        boost::timer time;
+        test::timer time;
 
         test::hammer<test::plain_weight_running_total<double> >(.1, repeats);
         test::hammer<test::named_param_weight_running_total<double> >(
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int main()
 
         measured = time.elapsed();
     }
-    
+
     std::cout
         << "plain time:           "
         << test::measure<test::plain_weight_running_total<double> >(

test/timer.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+//  Copyright Andrey Semashev 2023.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  This file is a copy of boost/timer.hpp from Boost.Timer v1, which
+//  was deprecated and slated for removal. We are not using Boost.Timer v2
+//  components to avoid having to link with its binary.
+//
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/timer for documentation.
+
+#ifndef BOOST_PARAMETER_TEST_TIMER_HPP
+#define BOOST_PARAMETER_TEST_TIMER_HPP
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace test {
+
+//  timer  -------------------------------------------------------------------//
+
+//  A timer object measures elapsed time.
+
+//  It is recommended that implementations measure wall clock rather than CPU
+//  time since the intended use is performance measurement on systems where
+//  total elapsed time is more important than just process or CPU time.
+
+//  Warnings: The maximum measurable elapsed time may well be only 596.5+ hours
+//  due to implementation limitations.  The accuracy of timings depends on the
+//  accuracy of timing information provided by the underlying platform, and
+//  this varies a great deal from platform to platform.
+
+class timer
+{
+ public:
+  timer() { _start_time = std::clock(); } // postcondition: elapsed()==0
+  void restart() { _start_time = std::clock(); } // post: elapsed()==0
+  double elapsed() const                  // return elapsed time in seconds
+    { return  double(std::clock() - _start_time) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC; }
+
+  double elapsed_max() const   // return estimated maximum value for elapsed()
+  // Portability warning: elapsed_max() may return too high a value on systems
+  // where std::clock_t overflows or resets at surprising values.
+  {
+    return (double((std::numeric_limits<std::clock_t>::max)())
+       - double(_start_time)) / double(CLOCKS_PER_SEC); 
+  }
+
+  double elapsed_min() const            // return minimum value for elapsed()
+   { return double(1)/double(CLOCKS_PER_SEC); }
+
+ private:
+  std::clock_t _start_time;
+}; // timer
+
+} // namespace test
+
+#endif  // BOOST_PARAMETER_TEST_TIMER_HPP