Compile error trying to use process.time()

[brian-hay]

Question

New to AS so it's likely me doing something wrong.

When I try to export a function using process.time() I receive a compile error:

import { process } from 'process';

export function start(): void {
  const time: i64 = process.time();
}

ERROR AS200: Conversion from type 'f64' to 'i64' requires an explicit cast.
    :
 32 │ return Date_binding.now();
    │        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    └─ in ~lib/process.ts(32,12)

[dcodeIO]

You are doing everything right, this looks like a bug.

assemblyscript/std/assembly/process.ts

Lines 31 to 33 in b248254

	export function time(): i64 {
	return Date_binding.now();
	}

Should be

  export function time(): i64 {
    return <i64>Date_binding.now();
  }

because now returns an f64 (a number from JS).

[dcodeIO]

Side note: I am not quite sure why process.time exists in the first place, though, given that Node doesn't have it and there is Date.now doing the same. Probably better to use Date.now instead.

[brian-hay]

Thanks @dcodeIO for jumping on this so quick!