Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 2/2] tools: allow longer time periods

[Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 07:24:43PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 04:58:52PM +0200, Gunnar Thörnqvist wrote:
> > > Hi, Got a use case where a hold period is measured in more than seconds?
> > > Specifically for a get.:::
> > >
> > > I can see a large number of use cases where the time can be hours, days and
> > > weeks. In my case, pin 17 controls a relay that heats water when electricity
> > > is cheapest. It is ok to only have seconds as unit but the range must be
> > > larger. /Gunnar
> > >
> >
> > I was asking specifically about the case for gpioget, where a long hold
> > period makes absolutely no sense.
> >
>
> One could argue that this option doesn't make sense at all for gpioget. :)
>

And one would be wrong.  The point of the hold period for gets is to
allow the line to settle after a config change before the get itself is
performed.

> I don't think it hurts to support a longer period of time even if only
> for code reuse and less surface for bugs.
>

Well that is a complicated bit of code.

Cheers,
Kent.