This eliminates the need to remember to call PERF_TIMER_STOP when a section has
been timed. This allows more useful design with the perf timers and enables
possible return value optimizations. Simplistic example:
class Foo {
public:
Foo(int v) : m_v(v);
private:
int m_v;
}
Foo makeFrobbedFoo(int *errno)
{
*errno = 0;
return Foo();
}
Foo bar(int *errno)
{
PERF_TIMER_GUARD(some_timer);
return makeFrobbedFoo(errno);
}
int main(int argc, char[] argv)
{
Foo f;
int errno;
f = bar(&errno);
if (errno)
return -1;
return 0;
}
After bar() is called, perf_context.some_timer would be incremented as if
Stop(&perf_context.some_timer) was called at the end, and the compiler is still
able to produce optimizations on the return value from makeFrobbedFoo() through
to main().
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