-/// \brief A helper function to compute the elapsed wall-time since the program
-/// started.
-///
-/// Note that this routine actually computes the elapsed wall time since the
-/// first time it was called. However, we arrange to have it called during the
-/// startup of the process to get approximately correct results.
-static TimeValue getElapsedWallTime() {
- static TimeValue &StartTime = *new TimeValue(TimeValue::now());
- return TimeValue::now() - StartTime;
-}
-
-/// \brief A special global variable to ensure we call \c getElapsedWallTime
-/// during global initialization of the program.
-///
-/// Note that this variable is never referenced elsewhere. Doing so could
-/// create race conditions during program startup or shutdown.
-static volatile TimeValue DummyTimeValue = getElapsedWallTime();
-