Behavior on Timer.reset()

[lpell...@gmail.com]

Hi
When calling reset on a rw::common::Timer the clock resets and it starts counting. I find the somewhat inconvenient and would prefer a behavior where it resets the counter and keep the current state of either counting or not counting. Otherwise one would have to use two instructions
timer.reset();
timer.pause();
to reset and stop the time. With this setup it is not possible to guarantee that the time has a value of 0. Especially if the thread is scheduled out after reset, then the timer contain a (relative) large value after pause.

If a solution with keeping the current state of the time is not acceptable (might break old code), then I will at the very least suggest introducing a resetAndPause() to enable user to reset a timer to zero.

- Lars-Peter

[Jimmy Alison Jørgensen]

I would prefer changing the reset functionality though resetAndPause() is also acceptable for me.