What is the best way to exit out of a loop after an elapsed time of 30ms in C++

Question

What is the best way to exit out of a loop as close to 30ms as possible in C++. Polling boost:microsec_clock ? Polling QTime ? Something else?

Something like:

Answer 1

If you are using Qt, here is a simple way to do this:

QTimer* t = new QTimer( parent ) ;
t->setInterval( 30 ) ; // in msec
t->setSingleShot( false ) ;
connect( t, SIGNAL( timeout() ), viewPort, SLOT( redraw() ) ) ;

You'll need to specify viewPort and redraw(). Then start the timer with t->start().