On Windows, reltime(starttime)[0] seems to always be 0, while reltime(starttime)[1] seems to be a number of milliseconds.
From vim's doc about reltime:
reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) reltime()
Return an item that represents a time value. The item is a
list with items that depend on the system. In Vim 9 script
list can be used.
The item can be passed to |reltimestr()| to convert it to a
string or |reltimefloat()| to convert to a Float.
If the output of reltime is OS-related, then I think the use of reltimefloat is justified so the behaviour is the same no matter the OS.
nickspoons
commented
2 years ago
On Windows,
reltime(starttime)[0]seems to always be0, whilereltime(starttime)[1]seems to be a number of milliseconds.From vim's doc about
reltime:If the output of
reltimeis OS-related, then I think the use ofreltimefloatis justified so the behaviour is the same no matter the OS.